The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Manchester is home to outstanding research, leading facilities such as the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, and internationally renowned physicists and astronomers including the discoverers of graphene Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov, and Professor Brian Cox. Read more
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in 2021 has provided new insights of early universe. Galaxies detected by JWST show that massive and very compact galaxies were formed just after a few hundred million years from the Big Bang. Read more
This PhD studentship will explore galaxy formation over the entire history of the universe by applying and developing new advanced machine learning and AI techniques to extensive datasets from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Euclid Space Telescope. Read more
Observing quantum effects in increasingly large objects is one of the foremost goals of modern scientific research. However, as objects get larger and heavier, delicate quantum features quickly become overwhelmed by interactions with the environment, resulting in the classical world we experience. Read more
This project is seeking to address two of the most outstanding issues in our understanding of the universe. why is the universe dominated by matter without any significant anti-matter and what is the nature of dark-matter which is responsible for 85% of the mass in the universe, but is yet to be directly detected. Read more
Geodesy examines the Earth’s dynamic size, shape, and gravitational field, playing a vital role in numerous scientific disciplines such as navigation, mapping, climate change, engineering, meteorology, and natural hazard assessment. Read more
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