2025 News

A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near the solar system
28 April 2025

An international team, including members from the QMUL Astronomy Unit, uncovers a hidden celestial structure using innovative far-ultraviolet techniques.

Paul Shepherd wins Drapers Company Postgraduate Prize
3 February 2025

Paul Shepherd has won one of QMUL’s Drapers Company Postgraduate Prizes, for his outstanding postgraduate performance during his Astrophysics MSc.

New study furthers our understanding about the origins of energetic cosmic particles in the universe
13 January 2025

A new study, published today in Nature Communications by a team including members from the QMUL Astronomy Unit, has shed new light on how shock waves throughout the Universe can accelerate electrons to high energies.