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Read more at: Is Earth Unique in the Universe?

Is Earth Unique in the Universe?

19 May 2025

Professor Nikku Madhusudhan and Professor Nicholas Tosca gave an insight on how Cambridge is exploring the possibility of other habitable planets, and whether the planet Earth is unique. The event was part of The Future of Physical Sciences Webinar Series on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 The webinar was chaired by Professor...

Read more at: Call for Nominations: Annual PhD Prize in Origins of Life Research 

Call for Nominations: Annual PhD Prize in Origins of Life Research 

7 May 2025

Eligibility Period: July 2024 – June 2025 The Origins Federation is soliciting nominations of outstanding recent PhD graduates. The annual PhD Prize in Origins of Life research is awarded for the best Ph.D. thesis-related work by a graduate student from one of the four Origins Federation institutions. Each institution will...

Read more at: Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
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Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system

17 April 2025

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or...

Read more at: LCLU Annual Science Day 2025

LCLU Annual Science Day 2025

2 April 2025

The Annual Science Day at Robinson College concluded on Friday 21 st March after a day of diverse and stimulating presentations by LCLU members from more than ten Cambridge University departments. The LCLU represents an opportunity for researchers speaking different ‘academic languages’ to answer key questions about Life...

Read more at: Announcement: Fully Paid Scholarships Available for Taught MPhil

Announcement: Fully Paid Scholarships Available for Taught MPhil

27 March 2025

Planetary Science and Life in the Universe MPhil programme is excited to announce fully paid scholarships available to Home-fee status female students through a collaboration between the Parasol Foundation and Murray Edwards College . These awards will provide opportunities to enable more women to pursue higher education...

Read more at: Joint Collaboration Programme 2025 Awardees Announced

Joint Collaboration Programme 2025 Awardees Announced

11 February 2025

We are happy to announce the four research projects selected for our 2025 round of Joint Collaboration Programme Awards. It is the first year that we are offering the possibility to link different projects to form a Large Programme. We are happy to award two Large projects and two single projects funding this year...

Read more at: John Sutherland awarded Stanley Miller Medal from National Academy of Sciences

John Sutherland awarded Stanley Miller Medal from National Academy of Sciences

6 February 2025

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced John Sutherland, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, as the 2025 recipient of the Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences – Stanley Miller Medal. The NAS awards the Stanley Miller Medal in recognition of pioneering research on the early, planetary development of...

Read more at: Welcome to our new LCLU Finance Coordinator

Welcome to our new LCLU Finance Coordinator

8 January 2025

Our new Finance Coordinator Grace Wang joined the LCLU administration team on 16 December 2024. Before this role, she gained valuable experience in University as a Finance Assistant in Mott Hub, Physics Department and as a Finance Coordinator at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership(CISL), University of...

Read more at: Self-Sustaining Living Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments

Self-Sustaining Living Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments

10 December 2024

Self-Sustaining Living Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments Authors: R. Wordsworth and C. Cockell Standard definitions of habitability assume that life requires the presence of planetary gravity wells to stabilize liquid water and regulate surface temperature. Here, the consequences of relaxing this assumption are...

Read more at: Greenhouse Warming Potential of a Suite of Gas Species on Early Mars Evaluated Using a Radiative-Convective Climate Model

Greenhouse Warming Potential of a Suite of Gas Species on Early Mars Evaluated Using a Radiative-Convective Climate Model

14 November 2024

Several billion years ago, geological evidence indicates that Mars was warmer and wetter, with flowing rivers and lakes on its surface. This is hard to explain because the Sun was fainter then, and Mars's orbit is more distant than Earth's. The atmosphere of early Mars was probably thicker, but additional greenhouse gases...

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