For Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in collaboration with NASA, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and other partners* have captured the highest resolution images ever achieved of the Sun’s outer atmosphere (corona), the results of which are outlined this week in the journal Nature. NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Read More …
An international team of astronomers, led by academics from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has found the largest known structure in the universe. The large quasar group (LQG) is so large that it would take a vehicle travelling at the speed of light some 4 billion years to cross Read More …
The inaugural call for access to the UK’s High Performance Computing (HPC) facility, administered by STFC’s Distributed Research utilising Advanced Computing (DiRAC) has resulted in unprecedented success for UCLan. The Principal Investigator for the Galactic Archaeology programme, Professor Brad Gibson, was thrilled by the award 7 million core hours to Read More …
Wednesday, 9th January from 19:30 to 22:00 The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute of the University of Central Lancashire is pleased to participate in Stargazing Live by opening up Alston Observatory on Wednesday, 9th January from 19:30 to 22:00. As part of BBC Stargazing LIVE, we are offering this free event. Come Read More …