Albert Einstein’s transformational prediction about how gravity behaves has been backed by an international team of researchers who studied how the force acts on cosmic scales.

Scientists from NASA and our Department of Physics have used supercomputer simulations to reveal that Mars’ moons may have been formed from destroyed asteroid fragments.

A team of astrophysicists, led by our Institute for Computational Cosmology, have developed a new model that could estimate how likely it is for intelligent life to emerge in our Universe and beyond.

Leading scientists from the UK and around world will meet at Durham University next summer to present the latest in cutting-edge space research.

Professor Richard Massey, from our Department of Physics, explores the potential of a new generation of telescopes.

An international team of scientists, including those from our Department of Physics, are involved in a major space mission that has released five unprecedented new images of the Universe.

Congratulations to the winners of The 2024 Physics Award for Excellence this year’s winners are -

We’re strengthening relationships with researchers in India thanks to the awarding of a prestigious Royal Society Visiting Fellowship to our Physics Professor Adekunle Adeyeye.

Our top-rated Physics department has made significant contributions to an innovative international project that's shedding new light on the mysteries of our universe.

A Durham physicist is part of an international research team that has discovered the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen in space, spanning 23 million light-years in total length.

We have become part of an incredible space project called BlackGEM.

We’re part of an international team of astronomers who have been able to take a photograph of the halo of gas around a galaxy for the first time.