PlanetarySeminar: Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interior during the Prime Mission.
At 16:00 on Wednesday June 30th, Dr Marzia Parisi from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be presenting a seminar titled: “Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interior during the Prime Mission.” The seminar will be accessible via Teams. Abstract: “The Juno spacecraft has recently completed its Prime Mission in […]
The 2021 Partial Solar Eclipse
June 10th gave skywatchers a glimpse of an awesome celestial phenomenon… albeit through the cloudy skies of Leicestershire. A partial Solar Eclipse occurred on the morning of June 10th, visible from here in the UK, with about 23% coverage from Leicester. The timings of eclipses can be found using timeanddate.com, showing coverage maps and precise […]
PlanetarySeminar: What can Magnetic Helicity tell us about Reconnected Magnetic Fields?
At 14:00 on Wednesday June 9th, 2021, Dr Andrew Wright from the University of St Andrews will be presenting a seminar titled: “What can Magnetic Helicity tell us about Reconnected Magnetic Fields?”. The seminar will be accessible via Teams. Abstract: “Helicity is a measure of the topology of a system and measures the linkage of […]
PlanetarySeminar: Magnetopause surface eigenmodes: Theory, observations, and simulations.
At 14:00 on Wednesday May 26th, 2021, Dr Martin Archer from Imperial College London will be presenting a virtual seminar titled: “Magnetopause surface eigenmodes: Theory, observations, and simulations”. This seminar will be accessible via Teams. Abstract: “In physics, a common approach to understanding a dynamical system is to determine its normal modes. Planetary magnetospheres have […]
Panel Event: Competing for Space Superiority? Arms Racing, Rivalries and Hype in Space
Join us for an in-depth discussion, led by Dr Bleddyn Bowen, on the realities behind the rhetoric of arms racing, rivalries and other types of hype in space. Outer space is often described as the “ultimate high-ground”, as the prize at the end of a cosmic race. The winner will be granted the limitless advantages […]
Leicester Astronomers Looking Ahead to First Light for Webb
Leicester astronomers and planetary scientists are among the thousands of international scientists who have been awarded time on the hotly-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope, and are expecting a flood of new scientific data in 2022. The selection of the General Observer programmes for the telescope’s first year of science, known as Cycle 1, were announced […]
Announcing 2021 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) scheme has been operating for many years, but COVID restrictions led to cancellation in 2020. Here we announce a new programme for 3rd and 4th year Leicester undergraduates – but please check back for more details! The SURE programme provides opportunities for talented undergraduates to get a flavour of […]
EDISeminar: The 2020 Space Census
The School’s first EDI seminar is on Monday April 26th, on The 2020 Space Census: Demographics of the UK Space Sector. Speakers: Heidi Thiemann and Joseph Dudley (Space Skills Alliance)Monday 26th April at 1600-1700 All staff and students of the School of Physics and Astronomy are invited to join this Teams meeting – details of […]
Space Park Leicester – Phase One Complete
Congratulations from the School to all those involved in developing Space Park Leicester, as the keys to the pioneering £100 million research, innovation and teaching hub for space-related high-tech companies and researchers in Leicester have been handed over following the completion of the first phase of building work. From the Space Park Leicester press release: […]
World-first lobster X-ray telescope mirror delivered for SVOM
Space scientists at the University of Leicester have delivered a completely new type of super-lightweight X-ray telescope mirror to study the greatest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang. A team of academics, researchers and engineers have designed, built, tested and now delivered a bespoke mirror for the MXT instrument, to be carried on […]
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