The Astrophysics Group in the School of Physics at the University of Exeter is one of the largest groups in the UK studying star formation and extra-solar planets with a wide variety of observational and theoretical programmes. We are a major participant in the eSTAR Project.

Astrophysics Group
School of Physics
University of Exeter
Stocker Road
Exeter EX4 4QL
United Kingdom
Tel: 01392 725514
Fax: 01392 724111

ExoClimes conference 2010

Following the success of two previous workshops on extrasolar planets, that focused on exoplanet atmospheres and detections and stellar activity, the University of Exeter held a further conference on extra-solar planet atmospheres from the 7 and 10th of September 2010. For more details visit the Exoclimes conference site. Preparations for ExoClimes 2012 are already under way.

Exeter astronomer wins international award for planet discovery

Dr Jennifer Patience is member of an 8-person international team of researchers who released the first images of a multi-planet system around a normal star, much like our own solar system. On February 20, 2010 the team was awarded the 2009 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, California. The prize, the Associations oldest, annually recognises the author or authors of an outstanding paper published in the Research Articles or Reports sections of the leading academic journal Science between June and the following May. The prize is shared between two teams whose images of planets around two different stars were published simultaneously in the November 13th, 2008 issue of Science.

Most distant cosmic explosion ever seen

Astrophysicists from the University of Exeter are involved in the discovery of the most distant cosmic explosion ever seen. The NASA/STFC/ASI Swift satellite has found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the Universe was 640 million years old. Read more.

Student embarks on space mission to Africa

Astrophysics PhD student Aude Alapini, will share her knowledge with more than a thousand people in six cities in Benin.

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