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1. Cosmic fireworks as distant star ‘squeezed’ by massive black hole

   Daniel Perley and collaborators describe only third Black Hole 'tidal event' on astronomical record in the journal Nature

2. What's going on in Liverpool this Autumn 2022

   Find out all the exciting things going on across the city, this Autumn 2022, in Liverpool and at Liverpool John Moores University.

3. Spring Graduation: Galaxy is 'over the moon' with degree

   The American who fell in love with Astrophysics

4. Astrophysicist receives prestigious award for her work to protect endangered animals using drone technology

   LJMU Astrophysicist Claire Burke has been named by the British Science Association (BSA) as a winner of its prestigious Award Lectures for 2018.

5. Biggest ever supercomputer simulation to investigate the Universe

   FLAMINGO project publishes results after two years of modelling evolution of the Universe

6. Space Oddity: Most distant disc galaxy discovered

   LJMU astrophysicist works with European Southern Observatory and collaborators to confirm Milky Way-like galaxy from 700m years after Big Bang

7. Astronomers find the nearest massive black hole to Earth

   Scientists from LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute part of team to discover Earth's nearest Black Hole

8. Galaxies are cosmic cauldrons heated by star formation

   Astronomers show that stars form rapidly and drive interstellar gas bubbles throughout galaxies.

9. Cosmic explosion is brightest of all time

   Dr Dan Perley and Dr Gavin Lamb at the Astrophysics Research Institute record phenomenal burst of energy GRB 221009A after sighting with Liverpool Telescope and James Webb Telescope.

10. SPRAT exciting new instrument arrives on Liverpool Telescope

    The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) has announced the successful commissioning of an exciting new instrument on the Liverpool Telescope (LT).