The following projects are available for MSc by Research candidates, for suitable students graduating from our Astronomy Distance Learning (DL) BSc honours degree. Please also check the Recommended Guidelines document giving general advice for potential DL MSc by Research applicants.
- The bar population in the IllustrisTNG simulation (Supervisor: Prof. Victor Debattista)
- Wide reach of Solar Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere (Supervisors: Dr. Timo Laitinen, Prof. Silvia Dalla)
- Observational Projects with the Moses Holden Telescope (Supervisor: Dr. Mark A. Norris)
- Using Machine Learning to Uncover the Formation of Galaxies (Supervisor: Dr. Mark A. Norris)
- Compact Stellar Systems – Finding the Needles in a Haystack (Supervisor: Dr. Mark A. Norris)
- Influence of Carbon in Star Spectra (Supervisor: Dr. Anne E. Sansom)
- Stellar Populations: Data mining JWST (Supervisors: Dr Anne E. Sansom, Dr A. Mark Norris)
- Observational Star Formation (Supervisor: Prof. Derek Ward-Thompson)
- Exploring the maser population in the starburst galaxy M82 (Dr Megan Argo)
- Loosing the stars (Dr Megan Argo)
- Culturally sensitive astronomical sites (Dr Megan Argo)
- Science 101 for policymakers (Dr Megan Argo)