Research Spotlight: Exploring Astrophysics

This two minute video explains what Astrophysics research is done at Bath.
Learn more about the research activities of our staff, research associates and PhD students.
This two minute video explains what Astrophysics research is done at Bath.
Our group hosts observers, theorists and instrumentation specialists. Find out about their research interests and activities here.
Find out about how to join us as a PhD student or a research fellow.
Find out more about our seminar series.
Read more on Bath astrophysicists in the news.
Bath astrophysics involvement in first-ever science observations with the James Webb Space Telescope coincides with large grant success.
Bath hosts the largest National Astronomy Meeting in the Royal Astronomical Society’s 200-year history.
Bath astrophysicists find the magnetic field in Gamma-Ray Bursts is scrambled after the ejected material crashes into, and shocks, the surrounding medium.
University of Bath astrophysics PhD student Nuria Jordana has won the ‘best poster’ award at a major international conference on astronomy.
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.
Detailed observations of molecular gas in a tidal dwarf galaxy have important implications for our understanding of how stars are formed.
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.