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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
CAR carries out research on a broad range of key science questions in astronomy.
The expertise of our researchers, and our research programmes, mainly focus on observational astronomy, and span the electromagnetic spectrum from X-rays to radio wavelengths. We study many size scales, ranging from the properties of dust grains, up through stars and exoplanets through to entire galaxies and clusters of galaxies in the near- and high-redshift Universe. Survey astronomy is a particular strength. Our computing facilities also permit extensive in-house computer modelling and simulation.
A number of projects are jointly supported by CAR and the Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics (CACP), based on our shared strengths in light scattering and instrumentation.
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Profiles
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Seeing beyond the clouds: understanding weather and energy transport in substellar atmospheres
Burningham, B. (PI) & Wang, F. (CoI)
UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
1/10/26 → 30/09/29
Project: Research
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Extreme Radio Flares from Young Stellar Objects: A Novel Perspective on the Young Sun and the Solar-Stellar Connection
Kuhn, M. (PI), Gordovskyy, M. (CoI) & Forbrich, J. (CoI)
UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
1/10/26 → 30/09/29
Project: Research
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Integration of Creative Arts into Stevenage Borough Council’s STEM skill-up agenda
Nicholas, C. (PI), Athanasiadis, K. (CoI), Badeen, D. (CoI) & Pise, S. (CoI)
UKRI - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
25/06/26 → 24/06/27
Project: Research
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Comparing gravitational wave background predictions from cosmological simulations to pulsar timing observations
Buttigieg, S., Sijacki, D., Moore, C. J., Bourne, M. A. & Sesana, A., 5 Oct 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 552, 3, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A shot in the dark: searching for dark substructures in the RX J0437+00 galaxy cluster
Lagattuta, D., Jauzac, M., Doppel, J. E., Mahler, G. & Niemiec, A., 30 Sept 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 551, 2, stag1146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Radio Quasars in the Cosmic Dawn: A Spectroscopic Sample from the DESI Survey
Anniek's Collaborators, 22 Sept 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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