The National Student Survey is now open for all 3rd year BSc and 4th year MSci students to complete.  We would like to encourage all of these students to complete the survey as soon as possible.  The closing date for entering the NSS is the 30th April 2012.  Students who complete the survey will be entered into a prize draw and could win an iPad. 

To complete the survey please visit the National Student Survey Website. 

The Astronomy Unit has a number of funded PhD studentships available for UK, EU and International applicants. The deadline for applications is 31st January 2012 (although later applications may also be considered). Students will join an active research centre involved in a broad range of activities from cosmology to solar system science.  Full details are available on our web pages.

The recent discovery of a new exoplanet provides further evidence that cold Neptune-like bodies may not be that uncommon. The new exoplanet is called MOA-2009-BLG-266Lb, after the survey that first issued the alert, and is about ten times more massive than the Earth.The planet's mass and orbital distance indicate that it may be a "failed Jupiter-core".