Search
-
Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/7/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
-
Yearbook Physics Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/18/announcing-the-2020-yearbook/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 December 2020 Twelve months ago, as the Leicester Physics News Team were pulling together stories for our first-ever Yearbook 2019 , we could never have imagined the strange world we find ourselves in at...
-
Sharpest Earth-based images of Europa and Ganymede reveal their icy landscape
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/10/11/sharpest-earth-based-images-of-europa-and-ganymede-reveal-their-icy-landscape/
The cocktail of chemicals that make up the frozen surfaces on two of Jupiter's largest moons are revealed in the most detailed images ever taken of them by a telescope on Earth.
-
Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/11/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
-
Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/23/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
-
Major step in UK contribution to space mission to study solar wind
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/10/23/major-step-in-uk-contribution-to-space-mission-to-study-solar-wind/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 October 2021 Space scientists from the University of Leicester have delivered a key component for a new mission to study the impact of the solar wind on Earth’s magnetic field.
-
First JWST Images – What do they Show?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/14/first-jwst-images-what-do-they-show/
Professor Martin Barstow wrote in the Conversation to explain what JWST's first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy.
-
Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/11/neptune-is-cooler-than-we-thought-study-reveals-unexpected-changes-in-atmospheric-temperatures/
New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester has revealed how temperatures in Neptune’s atmosphere have unexpectedly fluctuated over the past two decades.
-
Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/
Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
-
Radiation and Matter
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pa3230
Module code: PA3230 This module builds on your knowledge on quantum physics and explore key areas of quantum physics such as nuclear physics, atomic physics, radiation transfer and lasers. Nuclear physics includes topics such as simple nuclear models, nuclear decay and reactions.