News News stories Find out about the latest Physics and Astronomy news from the University of Sheffield. 15 November 2023 Sheffield astronomers help discover signs of life in a star’s explosive death Astrophysicists have settled the debate over the nature of a rare type of stellar explosion, thanks to a camera designed and built at the University of Sheffield. The Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 230307A and its associated kilonova explosion. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Levan (Radboud University and University of Warwick) 27 October 2023 Sheffield astronomers help to confirm heaviest elements in the Universe are formed in kilonovae Astrophysicists are one step closer to understanding how the heaviest chemical elements are created in the universe, thanks to a camera designed and built at the University of Sheffield. Search Nobel Prize winner explains universe's most elusive particles Professor Takaaki Kajita gave a talk on neutrinos at the University of Sheffield. 1 June 2017 Stars regularly ripped apart by black holes in colliding galaxies Astronomers previously thought Tidal Disruption Events were exceptionally rare occurring between every 10,000 to 100,000 years per galaxy. 27 February 2017 The future is here: interactive screens on your packages Scientists at the University of Sheffield collaborated with technology company Novalia to create a new way of displaying information on packaging. 8 April 2016 Hubble Space Telescope unveils monster stars Astronomers have identified nine monster stars which are over 100 times the mass of the Sun using the NSAS/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 17 March 2016 Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction University of Sheffield physicists have helped to open new window to the universe with detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes. 11 February 2016 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Current page 21 Page 22 Next page Next › Last page Last »