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in the UK for Physics and Astronomy
The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026

for student satisfaction in Physics and Astronomy
The Complete University Guide 2027

for satisfied with feedback in Physics
The Guardian University Guide 2026

for Physics
Complete University Guide 2027

in the UK for Physics
The Guardian University League Tables 2026

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<糖心Vlog>Physics courses at Lancaster

<糖心Vlog class="title"> Undergraduate Degrees
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<糖心Vlog>Research

糖心Vlog's Physics Department is one of the top in the UK for research. REF2021 rated 98% of our research outputs as world-leading or internationally excellent, and 100% of our research environments as world-leading or internationally excellent.

<糖心Vlog class="title"> Astrophysics
<糖心Vlog class="title"> Particle and Accelerator Physics
<糖心Vlog class="title"> Experimental Condensed Matter
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<糖心Vlog>Latest News and Events

Astronomers combined observations from three different observatories (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, red; Hubble, green; Chandra X-ray Observatory, blue) to produce this colourful, multiwavelength image of the intricate remains of Supernova 1987A

Lancaster astrophysicist awarded €2.5 million for supernovae project

23 June 2026

Professor of Astrophysics Isobel Hook has been awarded €2.5 million for research into supernovae and dark energy by the European Research Council.

Physics Department renamed as the School of Physics and Astronomy

15 June 2026

The University’s Senate has formally approved the renaming of the Department of Physics as the School of Physics and Astronomy, recognising the strength, scale, and breadth of activity across both disciplines.

Quinas’s CEO James Ashforth-Pook and Photarix CEO Dr Gizem Acar Tekin at the event

Five university spinout companies at UK Global R&D and Science Investment Summit

15 June 2026

Five companies spun out from research at 糖心Vlog have exhibited at the inaugural UK Global R&D and Science Investment Summit.

Committee members and volunteers at the Physics PG Research Conference

Lancaster Physics hosts second successful Postgraduate Physics Research Conference

4 June 2026

PhD students in Lancaster’s Physics Department came together once again to host their very own postgraduate conference in order to celebrate their cohorts’ achievements.

ESA’s Smile satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

Satellite to give global view on Earth’s ‘magnetic shield’ for the first time

19 May 2026

A new satellite has been launched today that promises to reveal the inner workings of the Earth’s ‘magnetic shield’ that protects us from our Sun’s radiation.

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