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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ astronomers, partnering with Spanish institutions, are part of a project repurposing star-gazing tools as climate sensors to track green house gases

As part of the citizen astronomy project, ‘Kilonova Seekers’, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ astronomers and public volunteers have made their first major discovery - an exploding star system found in real time.

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and UCL astronomers, as part of a global collaboration including partners in Chile, USA and Europe, have discovered the smallest known star to host a transiting giant planet, which should not exist under leading planet formation theories.

Researchers and alumni from The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, working as part of an European Space Agency (ESA) led team, have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 did not originate from a nearby supernova, as previously thought.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing 10 times brighter than the moon in the night sky.

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), is challenging scientific understanding of how planetary systems form.