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The Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe Senior Fellowship programme is now open. Further details and how to apply www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/lclu-se... @leverhulme.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BBC News: Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happening Today! Join us for a live talk with Professor Nikku Madhusudhan 14:00 BST
www.youtube.com/live/yc0757j...
Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
YouTube video by Cambridge University Astronomy
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April 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Been hearing rumours of this discovery for some time. At any other time in history, this would dominate the news cycle. These days, it probably won't even make the monologues of late night talk shows.
April 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
📰Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system. #NikkuMadhusudhan will be giving a live talk about these results 📆 17 April 🕑 14:00 BST www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc07.... 📖 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/stro...
Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
YouTube video by Cambridge University Astronomy
www.youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Fully Paid Scholarships available for women in #astronomy. #TaughtMPhilPSLU @cambridgeastro.bsky.social is excited to 📣 scholarships for Home-fee status female students. #theParasolFoundation and #MurrayEdwardsCollege
www.pslu.masters.cam.ac.uk.
March 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
...and it's a wrap. What an incredibly memorable and scientifically stimulating day all participants have had...until the next time!
March 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@egmitchell.bsky.social making the concluding remarks to the engaging audience & thanking to Selen Etingü and Alison Read for their excellent management & to the co-organizers Ross Findlay, Bence Csakany, Tuhin Ghosh and Abhishek Upadhyay.
March 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Best poster & presentation awards by popular voting goes to Skyla White & Tereza Constantinou, respectively.

Moreover, a symbolically honorary award to William McMahon for his talk amidst the only one technical glitch!
March 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
One of the many highlights of annual day symposium has aptly been Didier Queloz's wonderful sciency socks 👌 #Planetary #ArtScience
March 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Jose Devienne from Physics presents the last talk of the symposium on "You spin me round – Exchange-driven reorientation of magnetic states in magnetite by chiral molecules and (potential) implications for the origin of life".
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
S. Furkan Ozturk from Physics speaks on the Origin of Life's Homochirality: From Magnetic Minerals to a Homochiral Genome.
March 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Euan Furness from Zoology Department talks about Invaders in the Garden of Ediacara: the evolution of the first predatory ecologies.
March 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Fantastic day ahead at the @lclu.bsky.social Annual Science Day with talks from 9 different departments @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 👌
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ziwei Liu speaks on Fractionation of Carbon Isotopes in Carboxysulfitic Chemistry.
March 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sai Shruthi Murali from Institute of Astronomy talks about Investigation of Stability of HCN Under Wide Range of Geochemical Conditions.
March 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Princess Buma-at from the lab of @egmitchell.bsky.social speaks on "Morphometric analyses of Charniodiscus from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, Canada".
March 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
2nd poster session and a coffee break is underway!
March 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Catriona McDonald from Institute of Astronomy talks on Determining the efficiency of volatile delivery via cometary impacts.
March 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ross Findlay from Department of Earth Sciences speaks on "Is there a comet hiding in our meteorite collections?"
March 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tuhin Ghosh from Institute of Astronomy talks about giant impact ejecta driving enhanced atmospheric loss!
March 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Joshua Shea from Department of Earth Sciences speaks about mantle melting on Mars with applications for sample return!
March 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Keynote speech by Alex Archibald about what can we learn from bio-signatures on Earth about life in the Universe?
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Participants discussing over the poster session with coffee break and lunch break!
March 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
William McMahon from Department of Earth Sciences, Terrestrial silicate weathering and the emergence of land plants!
March 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tereza Constantinou from Institute of Astronomy talk about Comparative Biosignature!
March 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM