The Physics department will be hosting an event at the Warwick La Palma Observatory facilities today, bringing together key Warwick staff, delegations from the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), and the observatory host institution, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The visit will showcase the Warwick facilities and further develop the unique opportunities provided by our instrumentation platform at one of the best observing sites in the world, with a particular focus on the topical area of Space Domain Awareness, an emerging activity at Warwick.

We have a brand new observatory on campus near to the University sports pavilion. The telescope was lifted in last week, having been brought to the UK from La Palma where it was used to contribute towards projects on topics ranging from exoplanet and variable star characterisation to global clusters. Our Physics with Astrophysics students will be able to gain hands-on project experience with the telescope starting this academic year.

See more photographs of the telescope being lifted in to place. 

The 2022 Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) will be hosted by the University of Warwick's Physics Department from Monday 11th July to Friday 15th July. Alongside the incredible science programme planned for attendees, the team have also organised an extensive public engagement programme on campus which is mostly free and completely open to the public.

Find out more about NAM and the events on offer.

Congratulations to Fatemah Jafar and Tishtrya Mehta for being announced the winners of Warwick's first student award for Public and Community Engagement.

Read more about Fatemah's and Tishtrya's contribution to Public and Community Engagement.