MSSL-UCL Astrophysics Group
Welcome to the University College London (UCL) MSSL astrophysics group web-site. In synergy with MSSL's involvement in space science missions, members of the astrophysics group actively work on a wide range of astronomy and astrophysics. Please also visit our MSSL Astrophysics Blog.
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Gaia in Space (Credit: ESA/ATG medialab; background image: ESO/S. Brunier)
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Magnetic star reveals its hidden power (published in Nature, co-author: Silvia Zane, Image Credit: ESA)
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Herschel shows galaxies had cool beginnings (Herschel Press Release, Lead-author Myrto Symeonidis, Credit: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/HerMES)
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Cosmic Rays come from Supernova Remnants. (Publication in Science. Co-author: Roberto Mignani, Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT and ESA/Herschel)
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ESA's Euclid mission. MSSL is leading efforts to design and build the VIS instrument. (Credit: ESA/C. Carreau)
News
- Congratulations to Jason Hunt on his winning the UCL Research Poster Competition 2013/2014 (MSSL news).
- ESA's Billion Star Surveyor: UCL's contribution (17 December 2013, Press Release UCL)
- "The hot and energetic Universe" science theme, Athena, selected for the second Large-class ESA mission! (28 November 2013, Press release ESA, White Paper, Working Group: Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Matthew Page, Silvia Zane, )
- Magnetic star reveals its hidden power (15 August 2013, published in Nature, Press release UCL, ESA, co-author: Silvia Zane)
- Congratulations to David Barnes on his winning the UKSP student poster competition at NAM2013! This is another landmark of high quality research by our students after the runner-up prizes at NAM2013 went to Awat Rahimi and Robert Grand.
