JHI’s Alexia Lopez at the memorial of Prof. Ranjit Nair at Christ’s College Cambridge
Alexia was invited to participate at the memorial for Prof. Nair at Cambridge along with many high profile Astrophysicists. She knew professionally Prof. Nair as he had invited her as a panellist for Sir Roger Penrose’s discussion on Conformal Cyclic Cosmology and Lopez rings. The event was the “Silver Jubilee Read More …
Lights, camera, cosmos: JHI astronomer helps write the script for the greatest movie of our time
UK astronomers are celebrating the launch of the Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) which began last night from a mountaintop in Chile. A milestone that the UK astronomy community has spent more than a decade preparing for, it’s the start of one of the most ambitious studies of the Read More …
Preston Has Hottest June Day Since Records Began
Preston has its own Met Office weather station, that has been recording the local weather for 75 years. It is based at the Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory (JHO) on Moor Park in Preston. This is run by the University of Lancashire, through its Jeremiah Horrocks Institute. The weather station was set up Read More …
JHI Success at the Research and Knowledge Exchange Awards
Congratulations to Alexia Lopez, Mark Norris, Charlotte Proverbs and Joanne Pledger for their success at the University’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Awards. Alexia Lopez was awarded the Rising Early Career Research Star Award for her work on large-scale cosmological structures with the citation: “Alexia has demonstrated significant impact not only through her Read More …
School pupils discover the wonders of the night sky at Alston Observatory
Pupils from Westholme School enjoyed an exciting and educational visit to Alston Observatory. The pupils had the opportunity to explore the fascinating world of astronomy and space science. Throughout the visit, the children were introduced to a range of both modern and historical telescopes, learning how these impressive instruments have Read More …
Jeremiah Horrocks Summer Lecture (16th June) : Prof Don Kurtz (University of Lancashire)
More than 50 years after the first 12 humans set foot on the Moon, NASA, China, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have plans to put people back on the Moon in the next few years. The NASA program is called Artemis; the Chinese program is Chang’e; and the ESA Read More …
Hottest, driest Preston May on record
Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory on Moor Park, Preston, recorded the hottest May day and the driest 10-day spell in May in its 75-year weather-recording history, since it started recording in 1951. On May 25th a temperature of 30.9 Celsius was recorded – the first time the 30-degree mark had been exceeded in Read More …
Call for Ernest Rutherford Fellowships (Advanced postdoc)
We invite expressions of interest to apply for the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (ERF) to be held at JHI. These are individual fellowships with a duration of 5 years, typically awarded to researchers with a few years postdoctoral experience. For more information see the UKRI website: “Ernest Rutherford Fellowships enables early Read More …
JHI research on planets in binary systems features on BBC’s Sky at Night
BBC SKY AT NIGHT ARTICLE Planets may actually form more easily around double stars than around single stars like our Sun, according to new research from astrophysicists at the University of Lancashire. Binary stars are common in our Galaxy, yet for a long time astronomers believed that the gravitational tug-of-war Read More …