Physics Department News
Mission to discover habitable Earths given green light
A mission to discover and characterise Earth-sized planets and super-Earths orbiting Sun-like stars in the habitable zone of the solar system – scientifically led by the University of Warwick - has been given the go-ahead today by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Sandra Chapman awarded Fulbright scholarship
Professor Sandra Chapman will be conducting research on space weather at Boston University in the USA, after receiving the Fulbright Lloyds of London Scholar Award.
It rains on the Sun! The dynamics of cool condensation in the solar corona.
Coronal rain are cool dense condensations that form in coronal loops and are the manifestation of catastrophic cooling linked to thermal instability. In as series of recent studies Petra Kohutova & Erwin Verwichte (CFSA) investigated the dynamics of coronal rain.
2nd Year PhD Poster Presentations
Congratulations to Natalie Teutsch for winning first prize at the 2nd Year PhD Poster Presentations.
Second prize was shared by Alan Brunier and George King. Commendations to Phil Diggle, Enrik Nako and Matthew Green.