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Astrophysics turned upside down by unique ‘inside out’ planetary system
Discovery of four planets creates radical new perspective on how celestial bodies are formed
- Published: 12 February 2026
Birmingham undergrads win National Supercomputing Challenge
The CIUK 2025 National Supercomputing Challenge winners will go on to represent the UK at the International SuperComputing Conference 2026.
- Published: 26 January 2026
How common is life beyond Earth?
Do you believe there is life on other planets? Professor Amaury Triaud from the School of Physics and Astronomy answers this and more in our video below.
- Published: 22 January 2026
Scientists detect atmosphere on molten rocky exoplanet
Strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system - a thick blanket of gases above an ocean of magma.
- Published: 11 December 2025
More than €5 million awarded to University of Birmingham academics in ERC Consolidator Grants
Three mid-career researchers at the University of Birmingham have received ERC funding for new research projects.
- Published: 10 December 2025
String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics
Professor Marika Taylor writes for The Conversation
- Published: 1 December 2025
Three-dimensional maps begin to bring exoplanets into focus
The first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star reveals an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones.
- Published: 28 October 2025
University of Birmingham researchers awarded 2025 Institute of Physics prizes
Professor Cristina Lazzeroni, Professor Mark Dennis and Dr Lok Yiu Wu have received medals in this year's awards.
- Published: 13 October 2025