The Sun

Stars, Planets and Origins

Imperial Centre for Inference and Cosmology

Galaxy Evolution

Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Missions and Facilities

  • The end of the visible Universe: the relic radiation from the Big Bang (credit: NASA/WMAP)
  • Discover solar physics research at Imperial
  • The Herschel infrared telescope: the largest space telescope ever flown.
  • Prof JP Uzan from IAP will present 'The Harmony of the Cosmos' public lecture on Oct 25th 2012
  • The Imperial Centre for Inference and Cosmology (ICIC) has now started its activities.
  • Black holes lurk inside beautiful gas clouds.
  • Galaxy formation is but one of the exciting research domains of our group
  • Origins: a beautiful planetary nebula. Learn more...