Mysterious death of an astrophysicist
The late Steven Rawlings was one of the lead scientists in the Square Kilometer Array project to build the world’s largest radio telescope.
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Academics have said they are stunned by the sudden death of the Oxford professor Steven Rawlings, 50, at the home of a colleague.
His friend and colleague Devinder Sivia, 49, a lecturer in mathematics for sciences at Oxford University who was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder, was released on police bail on Friday and detectives said the death may be “a matter for a coroner’s inquest rather than a criminal court”…