For Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
JHI PhD student Alexia Lopez featured in the BBC Four documentary “Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies“, episode 2 “Going Big“, presented by Prof. Jim Al-Khalili. Alexia discussed her discovery of A Giant Arc on the Sky with Jim. The Giant Arc appears as an enormous, nearly symmetrical, crescent of galaxies in the remote universe. Read More …
Jeremiah Horrocks Public Lecture Series “Neutrino Oscillations: Past, present, and future” Professor Costas Andreopoulos Tuesday 7 June, 6.30pm | Harrington Lecture Theatre University of Central Lancashire | Free entry Abstract: Neutrinos are the most abundant massive particles in the universe, but they possess an ethereal nature that makes it notoriously Read More …
An international team of astronomers, including those from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), have today unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. The announcement provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable Read More …
Two astrophysicists from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have showcased their research to politicians in Parliament. PhD students Daniel Gass and Daniel Johnson took part in the national STEM for Britain event, which is run by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee in collaboration with a number of distinguished scientific, learned and professional Read More …
Speaker: Dr Kevin Bowman (UCLAN) Date: Tuesday 8 March 2022 | 6-8pm Location: Darwin Lecture Theatre, University of Central Lancashire On the 13th April 1970, when the spacecraft Apollo 13 was over 200,000 miles from Earth heading towards the Moon, a catastrophic failure occurred. There followed a chain of events which set off the Read More …
This FREE practical INSET session will introduce upper KS2 teachers to the Into Our Skies: Space in Schools scheme of work, a cross-curricular approach combining dance and science to teach the KS2 Earth and Space topic. This FREE resource, developed by UCLan and Lucy Starkey Dances, supports the teaching of Read More …
A distinguished emeritus professor from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been honoured for a lifetime commitment to public outreach and service to astronomy. Professor Don Kurtz, a UCLan academic member of staff between 2001 and 2020, has been awarded The Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS) 2022 Service Award for Read More …
Blue Skies Space Ltd. has confirmed that scientists from fourteen universities across the world, including the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), have joined its first space science mission, Twinkle, as the initial group of founding members. The founding members, also including institutions from North America (Vanderbilt University, Ohio State University, Read More …
It is graduation week at UCLAN and we are happy to see our students reaching their goals and graduating. We wish them all the very best for the future!
On the 3rd November, we held the first of our public observing night since the end of covid restrictions, at Alston Observatory near Preston. These nights involve a talk, a planetarium show and a chance to look through our large 0.7m Moses Holden Telescope. Visitors on Wednesday were especially lucky Read More …