Biggest infra-red image of sky ever taken released by Nottingham astronomers
August 3, 2017
On the 1st August 2017, Nottingham’s astronomy group released the largest ever infra-red image of the sky. The image has 1.5 million megapixels and gives the most detailed view ever of the northern hemisphere from the ecliptic plane right up to 60 degrees north of the ecliptic. In this guest post, Dr. Simon Dye …
New Objectivity video: Ptolemy’s Almagest
July 19, 2017
Our YouTube channel Sixty Symbols is not the only collaboration we have with the prolific Brady Haran. In the latest video from his channel ‘Objectivity‘, check out Prof. Mike Merrifield discussing one of the most influential texts in scientific history: Ptolemy’s Almagest.
Student Research: Crystal Clear Clusters
July 5, 2017
Straight into the deep end! That’s what happened to undergraduate student Shaun Brown. Just a week after finishing his third year, he’s started a summer project working with Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca and me in the astronomy group. And just days after starting his summer project, he joined a group of Nottingham astronomers at the “Crystal Clear Clusters” …
Studying abroad: Kate and Chris in Brazil
June 2, 2017
If you’re interested in studying abroad during your undergraduate study at the University of Nottingham, there are a number of options available. One particularly exciting opportunity offered each year is for a number of students in the fourth year of our MSci Physics programs to conduct the research for their major research projects under the …
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