Birmingham scientists’ key role in breakthrough black hole discovery
Merger creates black holes weighing 240 times the mass of our Sun — the heaviest binary black hole system confirmed through gravitational-wave observations.
- Published: 14 July 2025
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Hawking and Kerr black hole theories confirmed by gravitational wave
Ten years after detecting the first gravitational wave, scientists found a ripple in spacetime offering fresh insights into black holes and the laws of physics.
- Published: 10 September 2025
Oval orbit casts new light on black hole - neutron star mergers
Breakthrough discovery provides new clues on how these celestial bodies - that push known laws of physics to their limits - find each other
- Published: 11 March 2026
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We have a range of advanced EDM related technologies including systems for texturing and surface alloying, electrical discharge grinding, deep hole drilling,...
X-ray Binaries Research Group
The X-ray Binaries group is active in research in Galactic X-Ray Astronomy, in the fields of binary systems containing a neutron star or a black hole accreti...
Advanced Machining Research Group
The Group is internally renowned as a centre of excellence for conventional and non-conventional machinability research involving a wide range of advanced ae...
Dr Sean McGee
Associate Professor in Astrophysics
Dr Sean McGee's staff profile at the University of Birmingham
- Phone: +44 (0)121 414 6459
- Email: s.l.mcgee@bham.ac.uk
Professor Alberto Vecchio
Professor of Astrophysics
Staff profile for Professor Alberto Vecchio.
- Phone: 44 (0)121 414 6447
- Email: a.vecchio@bham.ac.uk
‘Mass-gap’ gravitational wave signal discovered by international scientists.
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, including scientists from the University of Birmingham, has detected a remarkable gravitational-wave signal.
- Published: 5 April 2024
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria contaminates whole ICU - study
Almost one third of patients in a Chinese ICU infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing severe disease, new study reveals.
- Published: 9 May 2023
Whole School SEND Autism Resource Suite
Whole school SEND resources
Whole School SEND: Supporting students with vision impairment
An introduction to supporting students with vision impairment in school.
Co-producing a whole school approach with children
These resources have been designed for schools to involve all pupils in their setting in developing a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Good Brain, Bad Brain – Parkinson’s Disease
This course offers an exploration into Parkinson's disease; how it affects people, what causes it, ameliorating the symptoms and what we don't yet know about it.
GWTC-5.0: 390 Gravitational-Wave Detections and Counting
Birmingham researchers have played a central role in the latest results released by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration.
- Published: 12 June 2026
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