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1. Largest image of its kind shows hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way

   ACES project, led by professor Steven Longmore of LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute into formation of stars in extreme environments.

2. Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed

   Dr Renske Smit, of the Astrophysics Research Institute, contributed to research in Nature

3. Oxygen discovered in most distant early galaxy

   Researcher Dr Renske Smit at LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute worked on the analysis of images from the European Southern Observatory

4. James Webb Telescope sees most distant galaxy

   Dr Renske Smit at LJMU Astrophysics Research Institute part of team analysing James Webb Space Telescope images

5. European Grant to help our understanding of how galaxies form

   Professor Nate Bastian, Head of Research at the Astrophysics Research Institute and Royal Society University Research Fellow, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant.

6. Galaxy Zoo allows public to zoom in on Universe discoveries

   Researchers at the LJMU Astrophysics Research Institute have recently joined Galaxy Zoo, a 'citizen science' driven astronomy project.

7. Discovery of a New Galaxy in Cosmic Neighbourhood

   Astronomers, including Professor Maurizio Salaris from the Astrophysics Research Institute at Liverpool John Moores University, used the Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the globular star cluster NGC 6752 (located 13,000 light-years away in our Milky Way's halo).

8. LJMU astronomer helps uncover new object in famous galaxy

   A team of astronomers from the Astrophysics Research Institute at LJMU and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory got a big surprise!

9. Spring Graduation: Galaxy is 'over the moon' with degree

   The American who fell in love with Astrophysics

10. Hidden ‘fossil’ galaxy is missing link in Milky Way formation

    Much of the Milky Way was formed 10 billion years ago by a massive collision with a relatively small galaxy dubbed Heracles, according to scientists in the UK.