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Welcome to the Physics Community!
During these unprecedented times, the School of Physics and Astronomy are exploring new ways to bring our staff and students together as a family. The launch of the 2020-21 academic year will see great changes to the manner in which we interact as a community. The buzz of the lecture theatres, the chatter of the […]
ESA Digital Twin Earth Precursor: Climate Explorer
NCEO-Leicester win ESA contract to develop a “Digital Twin Earth Precursor” Dr Robert Parker, part of the National Centre for Earth Observation and the School of Physics and Astronomy, has been successful with a €450k proposal to the European Space Agency to develop a Digital Twin Earth Precursor, an interactive replica of our planet in […]
Astrophysicist Shortlisted for 2020 Woman in STEM Award
Congratulations Dr. Sarah Casewell for being shortlisted in the Women’s Awards 2020. Congratulations to our STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow Dr. Sarah Casewell for being one of the Shortlisted Candidates for the East Midlands Outstanding Woman in STEM 2020 Award. The Women’s Awards celebrate the dynamic contribution of women across the East and West Midlands. The purpose of these Awards is […]
Doctoral College Inaugural Lectures
Catch up on two Doctoral Lectures on Jupiter’s Northern Lights and Observing CO2 from Space Inaugural Lectures are where the very best of our research degree graduates get the chance to return and share their work.The online event on September 16th featured two of our very best of our research degree graduates from the School […]
NGTS discovers an extremely small star in an eclipsing binary
Leicester PhD student Jack Acton discusses his latest discovery, a record breaking eclipsing binary system found in data from the NGTS exoplanet survey. NGTS recently announced the discovery of an extremely small star, NGTS J0930-18B, in an unusual eclipsing binary system in work led by myself and the team at Leicester (Acton et al, 2020). […]
Undergraduate Delegate to the Space Generation Advisory Council
Charlie Gamblin, a recent Physics with Astrophysics Bsc graduate, talks about the Space Generation Advisory Council, and an event they held in July 2020 called SpaceGen United (SGU). Greetings Physics and Astronomy department, my name is Charlie and I am a recent Physics with Astrophysics Bsc graduate. In this blog post, I would like to […]
Monitoring Jupiter’s Atmospheric Heartbeat over Three Decades
Long-term infrared monitoring of Jupiter’s equatorial stratosphere over three decades revealed a natural cycle of variable winds and temperatures. New research in Nature Astronomy by Antuñano et al. (2020) has found that this stratospheric cycle can be spectacularly disrupted by global upheavals happening far below. Jupiter, the largest planet of our Solar System, displays some […]
Mars Sample Return is Underway with Mars2020 Launch
With the successful launch of Mars2020 from Cape Canaveral today the first stage in a long and complex sample return plan is finally underway – John Bridges explains on the Mars Science Laboratory Blog. Mars Sample Return has been envisaged for many decades but it is only since around 2008 that a feasible architecture has […]
Celebrating our 2020 Physics and Astronomy Prizes
The School of Physics and Astronomy has announced the 2020 recipients of our undergraduate prizes. With exam season now behind us, we’re very happy to reveal the recipients of our 2020 awards in the School of Physics and Astronomy! This year has seen some tremendous efforts across the School, despite the exceptional circumstances related to COVID-19 […]
CuppaScience and the James Webb Space Telescope
We highlight Leicester’s involvement in the James Webb Space Telescope, the ambitious new infrared telescope launching in 2021 – with the #CuppaScience Podcast with Naomi Rowe-Gurney. Grab a cuppa and join us for #cuppascience – an informal science chat live from the comfort of your own home! In July 2020, Naomi Rowe-Gurney (@NRoweGurney), a PhD […]
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