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Astrophysics Seminar – Wed 24th Nov 3pm – Julie Wardlow (Lancaster)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/22/astrophysics-seminar-wed-24th-nov-3pm-julie-wardlow-lancaster/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 November 2021 This week’s astrophysics seminar will be by Julie Wardlow, on “Understanding the environments of extreme dusty star-formation in the distant Universe” Abstract: In recent years the high-redshift Universe has...
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Observing Jupiter’s aurora from the top of a Volcano
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/01/observing-jupiters-aurora-from-the-top-of-a-volcano/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 1, 2016 As part of the ground based support for the Juno mission, I visited the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in February through to the beginning of March this year.
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Dr Harjinder Sembhi on WomenInSTEM
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/05/07/dr-harjinder-sembhi-on-womeninstem/
Dr Harjinder Sembhi on WomenInSTEM
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Videos from the day
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/visits/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge/videos-from-the-day
See videos from when Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the University of Leicester.
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Six Decades of Space Science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/06/six-decades-of-space-science/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 October 2020 At the start of World Space Week, we’re marking 60 years of space science at the University of Leicester. Leicester has had a Physics Department since 1924, long before it gained University status.
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Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.
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PlanetarySeminar: Solar wind and planetary magnetospheres coupling: macrophysical and microphysical
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/24/planetaryseminar-solar-wind-and-planetary-magnetospheres-coupling-macrophysical-and-microphysical-processes/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 January 2022 At 14:00 on Wednesday February 8th, 2022, Dr Lina Hadid from LPP, France will be presenting a seminar titled: “Solar wind and planetary magnetospheres coupling: macrophysical and microphysical processes”.
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PlanetarySeminar: The importance of nonlinear physics in radiation belt modelling
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/14/planetaryseminar-the-importance-of-nonlinear-physics-in-radiation-belt-modelling/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 14 September 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday September 29th, 2021, Dr Oliver Allanson from the University of Exeter will be presenting a seminar titled: “The importance of nonlinear physics in radiation belt modelling”.
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Professor Bunce on the BBC Life Scientific
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/06/09/professor-bunce-on-the-bbc-life-scientific/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 June 2020 Professor Emma Bunce spoke to Jim al-Khalili about her fascination with the gas giants for the BBC’s Life Scientific on Radio 4.
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ESA Digital Twin Earth Precursor: Climate Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/23/esa-digital-twin-earth-precursor-climate-explorer/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 September 2020 NCEO-Leicester win ESA contract to develop a “Digital Twin Earth Precursor” Dr Robert Parker, part of the National Centre for Earth Observation and the School of Physics and Astronomy, has...