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1. 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

2. LightNight 2017 a shining success

   This year’s event on Friday 19 May proved to be the best yet!

3. New Scientist Live 'huge success' for astrophysicists

   Astrophysics Research Institute team show off latest science in warm-up for British Science Festival

4. Meet Renske Smit, latest researcher to join the Astrophysics Research Institute

   Dr Renske Smit will be joining the Astrophysics Research Institute as an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow. We caught up with her to find out more about achievements in astronomy and her plans for her time at LJMU.

5. Police detectives graduate!

   More than 100 postgraduates celebrate their Police Now LJMU diplomas

6. Sport science students aid world record run

   Masters in Sport Nutrition students support Sophie Power's ultra record women's run

7. Megalith tombs were family graves in European Stone Age

   In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, an international research team, led by Uppsala University with co-author Linus Girdland-Flink of LJMU, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden.

8. Ancient Supernova may hold key to dark energy

   LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute publish study with Caltech and University of Stockholm on rare lensed supernova sighting.

9. The life of a primatologist

   Meet LJMU primate specialist and lecturer in Animal Behaviour, Dr Alex Piel. He talks about his research on chimpanzees and what they tell us about our own history.

10. 'Don't pander to me because I'm different!'

    Health psychologist praises LJMU for 'transforming her life'