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The Astrophysics Research Institute at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is one of the world's leading authorities in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The work of the ARI supports a comprehensive programme in observational and theoretical research, telescope instrumentation, academic learning and outreach activities.

Research interests of the ARI cover time-domain astrophysics, galaxy formation and evolution, galaxy clusters, gamma-ray bursts and studies in star formation.

The ARI was a recipient of the 2005 Queen's Anniversary Prize for its outstanding achievements in Higher and Further Education, including the development of the world's largest fully robotic telescope - the Liverpool Telescope and its innovative educational programmes in UK schools and colleges.

Inclusive to this programme has been the development of the three year BSc and four-year MPhys courses in Astronomy and Astrophysics, an expansion in the range of exciting distance learning courses offered by ARI, the development of Spaceport and the prestigious National Schools' Observatory that is helping to lead the way in bringing astronomy directly into many UK schools.

PhD places 2010 We expect to offer 5/6 PhD studentships (click here for details)


Seminar - 10 FebLuca Cortese (Cardiff University)
"Evolutionary paths to and from the red sequence at z~0" (...more)

Journal Club - 12 FebMaurizio Salaris
(...more)

Seminar - 17 FebMichael Barker (University of Edinburgh)
"Probing the Stellar Out skirts of Nearby Spirals" (...more)

Journal Club - 19 FebMPhys Students
(...more)

Seminar - 24 FebGraham Smith (University of Birmingham)
"Gravitational Lensing by X-ray Luminous Galaxy Clusters" (...more)

Journal Club - 26 FebMPhys Students
(...more)


NEWS - 9 Dec 2009 LT Detects 10% Optical Polarisation in Gamma-Ray Burst (...details)

NEWS - 4 Aug 2009 PhD Awards at the ARI (...details)

NEWS - 19 Jun 2009 Visit of former NASA Astronaut to the ARI (...details)

NEWS - 18 May 2009 Prof Chris Collins to give the 2009 David Elder Lecture at the University of Strathclyde (...details)

NEWS - 22 Apr 2009 LJMU student presents results to RAS of a peanut-shaped stellar explosion (...details)

NEWS - 2 Apr 2009 Heavyweight galaxies puzzle astronomers (...details)





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