For Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
For the first time, a team of scientists have calculated the distribution of all light energy contained within the Milky Way, which will provide new insight into the make-up of our galaxy and how stars in spiral galaxies such as ours form. This research, conducted by astrophysicists at the University of Central Read More …
Keen stargazers and local astronomy enthusiasts have joined University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) staff to celebrate the grand reopening of the Moor Park Observatory on its 90th anniversary. The Observatory, which closed its doors in 2000, has undergone a £100,000 renovation and it will now be used to allow community Read More …
Scientists using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have identified a regular pattern in the orbits of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system that confirmed suspected details about the orbit of its outermost and least understood planet, TRAPPIST-1h. An international team of astronomers, including a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Read More …
Guild Research Fellow Dr Dimitris Stamatellos and postdoctoral researcher Dr Alex Dunhill have been awarded 2.4 million computing hours at the DiRAC UK High Performance Computing facility to study the early phases of planet formation in young protoplanetary discs. The question about the origin of planets and life has fascinated Read More …
The UCLan stand at AstroFest featured GalaxyFlyer which has been highlighted in the latest issue of Astronomy Now. The JHI’s stand featured in the April 2017 edition of Astronomy Now. Steve Ringwood, writing for Astronomy Now, says that the GalaxyFlyer is a remarkable demonstration of immensive 3-D astronomy via virtual Read More …
Dr Daniel Holdsworth and Dr Mark Norris alerted emergency services to fire at Alston Hall A peaceful night of stargazing took an alarming turn for two University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) academics last night after they discovered a huge fire in a nearby property. Astronomy lecturer Dr Mark Norris and Read More …
It was nearly a century ago, in the 1920s, that Edwin Hubble, using the then revolutionary 100-in telescope on Mount Wilson in California, discovered that most of the numerous mysterious dim fuzzy nebulae dotted around the sky were in fact what we now call galaxies: very distant, vast conglomerations of Read More …
A NASA telescope reveals largest batch of Earth-size, habitable zone planets around a single star JHI Astronomer Dr. Daniel Holdsworth is included in international research team that made this discovery. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of Read More …
This year’s UCLan stand at AstroFest featured GalaxyFlyer, an interactive VR display using galaxy simulations. The result of a collaboration between Laurent Noel (UCLan Computing) and Victor Debattista (JHI), GalaxyFlyer allows the user to navigate a simulated galaxy, gaining insight into how galaxies look and how they form. The display Read More …
Professor Don Kurtz will be giving guest lectures, whilst travelling through Russia and Norway in search of the Aurora Borealis During the trip Don will be delivering on board lectures on a selection of astronomical subjects for Golden Eagle Luxary Trains. Professor Kurtz will be leading the guests for the Read More …