Research Spotlight: Exploring Astrophysics
This two minute video explains what Astrophysics research is done at Bath.
Astrophysics
We study exploding stars, growing galaxies and feeding black holes in an expanding Universe.
People and research
Learn more about the research activities of our staff, research associates and PhD students.
Astrophysics group members
Our group hosts observers, theorists and instrumentation specialists. Find out about their research interests and activities here.
Astrophysics group job opportunities
Find out about how to join us as a PhD student or a research fellow.
Astrophysics Group seminar series
Find out more about our seminar series.
News & announcements
Read more on Bath astrophysicists in the news.
Santa Claus comes early for Bath astrophysicists
Bath astrophysics involvement in first-ever science observations with the James Webb Space Telescope coincides with large grant success.
Bath hosts successful National Astronomy Meeting
Bath hosts the largest National Astronomy Meeting in the Royal Astronomical Society’s 200-year history.
Scrambled magnetic fields and Gamma-Ray Bursts: Space scientists solve a decades-long puzzle
Bath astrophysicists find the magnetic field in Gamma-Ray Bursts is scrambled after the ejected material crashes into, and shocks, the surrounding medium.
Nuria Jordana wins prize for her insightful poster on Gamma-ray bursts
University of Bath astrophysics PhD student Nuria Jordana has won the ‘best poster’ award at a major international conference on astronomy.
Distant stars spiralling towards a collision give clues to the forces that bind sub-atomic particles
Bath space scientists have found a new way to probe the internal structure of neutron stars, giving clues about the makeup of matter at an atomic level.
New galaxy sheds light on how stars form
Detailed observations of molecular gas in a tidal dwarf galaxy have important implications for our understanding of how stars are formed.
About us
Bath Astrophysics Group addresses fundamental questions about some of the most violent processes in the Universe, in particular black hole driven phenomena and their environments.
We exploit ground and space-based technology to collect cosmic signals from distant objects and use this information to study galaxy dynamics, star formation, accretion of matter and the roles of black holes and cosmic magnetic fields.