For Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
Dimitris Stamatellos gave the first CARD this summer to an audience of JHI staff, postgraduates and summer interns. This discussion included a presentation of the work Dimitris has been carrying out with his radiative-hydrodynamic simulations on disc fragmentation and the formation of planetary systems. His clear and concise description of Read More …
Researchers from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have developed a method of tracking solar flare radiation that can be used to warn International Space Station astronauts if harmful radiation is heading their way Solar flares eject large amounts of particle radiation into interplanetary space. This can disrupt satellite technology Read More …
Brad Gibson (UCLan), Gareth Few (Exeter), Daisuke Kawata (MSSL), and Chiaki Kobayashi (Hertfordshire) have been awarded a remarkable 6 million core hours of Tier 1 High Performance Computing time as part of PRACE‘s Extreme Computing Initiative. Their project (GalChem: Galactic Chemodynamics in the Era of Gaia) will allow the generation Read More …
By Professor Paul Murdin In the Foster Building Room FBLT2, on 11th April 2013 at 6pm. The distinguished Professor Paul Murdin will discuss the possibility that life exists elsewhere in the Universe. This is the subject of his latest book “Are We Being Watched?” (Thames & Hudson). Professor Murdin will Read More …
The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute is organising an public evening of observing to view comet PanSTARRS, Jupiter and the Moon at Alston Observatory. The evening will feature short talks from researchers at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute. Refreshments will be provided. The event takes place Tuesday, 16th April 6pm to 10pm, weather Read More …
Nuffield Intern Peter Tipping, who spent his summer working at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute in the galaxy dynamics group of Victor Debattista is participating in the National Science and Engineering Week in London. Peter’s project involved using N-body simulations to learn about the X-shaped structure of the Milky Way’s bulge. Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in collaboration with NASA, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and other partners* have captured the highest resolution images ever achieved of the Sun’s outer atmosphere (corona), the results of which are outlined this week in the journal Nature. NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Read More …