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The Jeremiah Horrocks Lecture -May 2019 How to take a picture of a black hole Professor Derek Ward-Thompson Jeremiah Horrocks , UCLan The recorded lecture can be viewed here. Wednesday 8th May 2019 7.00pm Darwin Lecture Theatre University of Central Lancashire Refreshments available from 6pm in Darwin Foyer A Read More …
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87. A public lecture on the discovery given by Prof. Derek Ward-Thompson can be viewed here. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes Read More …
Boris is a multi-physics software designed by JHI lecturer Dr Serban Lepadatu, to solve three-dimensional magnetisation dynamics problems, coupled with a self-consistent charge and spin transport solver, heat flow solver with temperature-dependent material parameters, and mechanical stress-strain solver in arbitrary multi-layered structures and shapes. The software is intended for research Read More …
Physics Students from UCLan have won a “Physics Challenge” competition against other Universities in a prestigious event that is organised by the UK & ROI’s professional body, the Institute of Physics (IOP). The challenge was to build an Analogue Voltmeter without using any pre-formed parts, with the rules also stipulating Read More …
Speaker: Dr Kevin Bowman Jeremiah Horrocks , UCLan Thursday 11th April 2019 7.00pm Darwin Lecture Theatre University of Central Lancashire. The Showcase starts at 5.30pm in Foster Building, Foster Social Space Event poster: Moon Landing Poster Abstract On July 20th 1969, one of the greatest feats ever achieved by the human Read More …
Speaker Professor John D. Barrow FRS, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project Tuesday 5th March 2019 7.00pm Darwin Lecture Theatre University of Central Lancashire Lecture poster: JHI Lecture March 2019 Abstract We will explain the concept of the expanding universe – what exactly is Read More …
Tom Davison, a postgraduate student at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, took this composite of of several exposures of the Moon during Monday morning’s total lunar eclipse at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands. Tom is currently working at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on Read More …
Named after the Roman god of war and often appearing as a bright red point of light in the sky, the so-called red planet has always been a source of fascination for human beings. To modern planetary scientists Mars is still a curious place with many unanswered questions. Its surface features include Read More …
Date: November 26th, 2018 Location: Darwin Lecture Theatre, UCLAN Title: Black holes and spin offs Speaker: Katherine Blundell , Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford Abstract: The popular notion of a black hole “sucking in everything” from its surroundings only happens very close to a black hole. Far away, the pull of the black Read More …
A UK team, including Prof Derek Ward-Thompson from UCLAN, won a Better Satellite World Award for the Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) project. DARA, a Newton Fund project led by Professor Melvin Hoare of the University of Leeds with Goonhilly as an industry partner, uses radio astronomy to develop Read More …