Using ESAβs Herschel space observatory, astronomers have discovered vast comet belts surrounding two nearby planetary systems known to host only Earth-to-Neptune-mass worlds. The comet reservoirs could have delivered life-giving oceans to the innermost planets. Read more...
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The IoA Public Open Evenings will now run weekly until March 2013. Read more...
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have used cutting-edge infrared surveys of the sky to discover a new population of enormous, rapidly growing supermassive black holes in the early Universe. Read more...
The Institute of Astronomy researches across the entire breadth of astronomy. Find out more about our current fields of research and project involvement. Read more...
The Institute of Astronomy offers two exciting courses in Astrophysics, providing the University's only dedicated astronomy course at the Part II level and a Part III course offering the opportunity to conduct a substantial research project. Read more...
The Institute of Astronomy (IoA), at the University of Cambridge, is one of the largest centres for astronomical research in the UK, and is engaged in world-class teaching and research in the fields of theoretical and observational Astronomy. Read more...