For Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
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 …
Research shows that bulk of our Galaxy’s star formation occurs within 40,000 light-years of its centre How far the Milky Way’s disc extends has long been difficult to define. It doesn’t end sharply but fades away gradually at its outer edges. Now, for the first time, an international team of Read More …
Applications are invited for a full time PhD (via MPhil) studentship in Astrophysics in the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute. The studentship is tenable for 3.5 years full-time (subject to satisfactory progress) and will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK rates together with a maintenance grant (£21,805 per year 2026/27 Read More …
Last month saw the publication of “Probing the Universe: A Geometrical View for Observers of Spacetime Physics“, co-authored by Timothy Walton, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Lancashire, and Robin W. Tucker (Lancaster University), for the Springer-Nature “Fundamental Theories of Physics” book series. A Focus on the Read More …
Abstract In this talk I will describe and discuss galaxies, from our own Milky Way, via spirals, barred spiral, ellipticals, irregulars and galaxies undergoing mergers and collisions, to the largest structures in the Universe, including clusters, super-clusters, filaments and voids, arcs and rings. I will also talk about my experiences Read More …
Dr Mark Norris, our Senior Lecturer in Astronomy and Astrophysics, was invited on to the famous BBC Breakfast red sofa to answer questions on the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which made its closest approach to Earth on December 19th. This comet has provided a large number of national media opportunities for Read More …
JHI Director Derek Ward-Thompson has teamed up with Queen legend Sir Brian May to write a unique book about the wonders of space. Professor Derek Ward Thompson has collaborated with Sir Brian and astro-photographic grandmaster J-P Metsävainio to produce Islands in Infinity: Galaxies 3-D, which, for the first time, allows people to see deep space Read More …
Abstract In the 1960s Stonehenge and many other British prehistoric monuments were interpreted as “ancient observatories” — ideas that generated a huge wave of popular interest but also proved highly controversial among academics, pitting astronomers against archaeologists as they reached fundamentally different conclusions on the basis of the same evidence. Read More …