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Why Not…. Join Our All-School Quiz on December 1st?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/23/why-not-join-our-all-school-quiz-on-december-1st/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 November 2020 As we’re nearing the end of term, we thought we’d have a bit of fun, so the Physics Community team is excited to invite all members of the School to an All-School Quiz on Tuesday the 1st of...
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PhysUoL Live: Next Big Thing in Astro
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/24/physuol-live-next-big-thing-in-astro/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 November 2020 The Physics Community Team is delighted to invite all members of the School to the first PhysUoL Live discussion event, this Friday November 27th at 4pm.
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Panel Event: Competing for Space Superiority? Arms Racing, Rivalries and Hype in Space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/05/04/panel-event-competing-for-space-superiority-arms-racing-rivalries-and-hype-in-space/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 4 May 2021 Join us for an in-depth discussion, led by Dr Bleddyn Bowen, on the realities behind the rhetoric of arms racing, rivalries and other types of hype in space.
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Ten Galactic Unite Scholars Selected
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/17/ten-galactic-unite-scholars-selected/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 February 2021 Ten undergraduate scholars have been selected as part of the pioneering Galactic Unite scholarship programme at the University of Leicester.
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Astrophysics Seminar – Wednesday June 15th 3pm – Can Cui on “Turbulence in outer protoplanetary disk
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/13/astrophysics-seminar-wednesday-june-15th-3pm-can-cui-on-turbulence-in-outer-protoplanetary-disks/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 June 2022 This week’s astrophysics seminar is by Can Cui (Cambridge). Online, and projected in LTA, Online access in Teams at the address below.
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PlanetarySeminar: Giant Planets in the Thermal Infrared
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/13/planetaryseminar-giant-planets-in-the-thermal-infrared/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 October 2020 Dr.
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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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Celebrating Black History Month 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/05/celebrating-black-history-month-2020/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 October 2020 This October is Black History Month, and in recognition of this, a number of activities have been planned throughout the University and School, writes Emily Baldwin.
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AstroSeminar: Protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation across time and space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/13/astroseminar-protoplanetary-disk-evolution-and-planet-formation-across-time-and-space/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 October 2020 This week’s (14th Oct) virtual Wednesday talk will be by Carlo Manara (ESO), who will present “Protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation across time and space” Members of the School can access this...
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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.