A spectacular event is unfolding in the night skies this December, as Jupiter and Saturn appear closer in the sky than at any time in the past four centuries. Not to be missed! Look towards the west on a clear December night, just after sunset, and it will be hard to miss the sight of […]
Leicester Space Scientists have been included in a series of interviews by the National Space Centre focussing on Women in Space and careers in STEM. Dr Sarah Casewell is an Observational Astronomer and STFC Ernest Rutherford fellow within the School of Physics and Astronomy specialising in understanding the mysteries of distant Brown Dwarfs. Dr Charly […]
Dr. Leigh Fletcher appeared as a guest on November’s Sky at Night to discuss the potential for life across the Solar System. In the late summer of 2020, the news of potential biomarker gases at the cloud tops of Venus caused tremendous excitement in the planetary community and beyond. Could this be evidence of lifeforms […]
PhD student Sam Frampton explains this excellent chance to engage with school students online, answer questions, and win money for outreach. I need an exact number, how much money do you make? What’s your favourite planet? If aluminium is so far up the reactivity series, why do they choose to build satellites out of it? […]
Are you interested in having your work on the front of the Physics and Astronomy Yearbook? We are holding a competition to choose the cover image of the yearbook! Details are highlighted below. Last year, the first Physics and Astronomy Yearbook was produced and shared throughout the School. The aim of this yearbook is to […]
Professor John Bridges reports on the successful launch of a new Chinese mission to return samples from the Moon, in this blog post reprinted from The Conversation. China has been the only country to land on the Moon for over 40 years – since the Soviet Luna programme. Its recent Chang’e missions (1-4) demonstrated that China […]
The School congratulates researcher Soheb Mandhai on one of the five winning entries for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) poster exhibition. With NAM cancelled in the RAS’s 200th anniversary year, the RAS wanted to give early career researchers the opportunity to share their work in a format that is freely available to all. Led by […]
Join the National Space Centre on Friday 27th November at 19:00 for a special #SciFRI, as ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti takes part in a live Q&A session. What’s it like to live on the International Space Station? How do you become an astronaut? What’s your favourite thing about space? You can ask an astronaut your space questions this […]
The Physics Community Team is delighted to invite all members of the School to the first PhysUoL Live discussion event, this Friday November 27th at 4pm. This will be the first in a series of live Q&A sessions hosted via Microsoft Teams, allowing students and staff to get up to speed with the latest scientific […]
As we’re nearing the end of term, we thought we’d have a bit of fun, so the Physics Community team is excited to invite all members of the School to an All-School Quiz on Tuesday the 1st of December at 5:30-7:30 pm. We want this to be an opportunity for us to better connect with […]
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