Robert Walsh, Caroline Alexander and Stéphane Régnier (UCLan) have published a press release for the NAM 2013 meeting in St Andrews on the new results obtained from the Hi-C mission (see NAM 2013 press release and UCLan News) Using an innovative new camera on board a sounding rocket, an international Read More …
Month: February 2013
Black Holes Growing Faster Than Expected
Lurking at the centres of most galaxies are black holes that can weigh anywhere from one million to one billion times as much as the Sun. New research, published today in the Astrophysical Journal, shows that these black holes are growing at much larger rates than had previously been thought Read More …
UCLan at Astrofest 2013
Astronomers from the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute of the University of Central Lancashire are again participating at this year’s AstroFest, taking place February 8 & 9th at Kensington Town Hall. Our very own Brad Gibson will be presenting a talk in the Astrofest Conference at 10:35am on Saturday 9th February, entitled Read More …