The first confirmed heartbeat of a supermassive black hole is still going strong more than ten years after first being observed.
55 months ago

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – which Durham helped to develop and engineer – has captured its first images.
30 months ago

Until the early 1900s, scholars took it for granted that they could draw on any area of knowledge to inform their thinking on the major...
113 months ago

Professor George Rochester came to Durham in the 1950s from the University of Manchester, and his arrival ushered in a period of sustained growth for the...
43 months ago

Chaotic systems are hard to predict - this much has been known for decades. However, studying the fractal geometry that underpins chaotic systems reveals so...
43 months ago

Eight generations of the Chevallier family have been making cider in Suffolk, diligently planting apple trees on their estate at Aspall Hall.
84 months ago

A forerunner to the Hubble Space Telescope and evidence of supermassive black holes at the heart of our galaxy. Both were groundbreaking achievements.
132 months ago

Martin Ward holds the Temple Chevallier Chair of Astronomy at Durham University. He obtained his DPhil from Sussex University based on research at the Royal...
360 months ago

All Saints Church, standing on the corner of Chevallier Street and Waterloo Road is this striking red brick church with its lofty octagonal tower.
45 months ago

Born, 1815 in Cliff House, Ipswich, Suffolk. Died, 1898 in The Elms, Newton Road, Sudbury, Suffolk. Father, John Wilkinson COBBOLD (19 Apr 1774 - 1860).
36 months ago