The DiRAC Resource Allocation Committee 13th Call for Proposals is now open. The UK theory and modelling communities in Astronomy and Cosmology, Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics are invited to apply for computational resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC Facility.… continue to the full article
From General News
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Datasets newly available via the Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO)
The Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO) team is pleased to announce that the following data are now available via VSO clients.
1. FOXSI – data from the three FOXSI rocket flights.
2. PSP/WISPR Encounter 3 data. Note that data from previous encounters are also available.… continue to the full article
UKSP Business Meeting 13th July 14:00-15:00
Dear Colleagues,
The UKSP Council will hold a virtual UKSP Business Meeting at 14:00-15:00 on the 13th July.
Further details regarding the agenda and the meeting link will be provided next week.
Kind regards,
UKSP Council… continue to the full article
The National Physics PhD Student Network
The National Physics PhD Student Network, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics, aims to bring PhD students in Physics together in a friendly, social environment, to support each other, raise concerns and share positivity. It has been created by two PhD students, and it aims to be a space for PhD students to connect, be supported and gain strength in numbers.… continue to the full article
Increasing BAME Representation & Inclusion in Geosciences: a Call to Action
A group of postgraduate students at the University of Oxford have put together an action plan for increasing the representation and inclusion of BAME individuals (those from ethnic minorities) in the Earth and Planetary Sciences. This report, together with the department response, will be launched on Monday 29 June at 4pm.… continue to the full article
Obituary for Nigel Weiss
From:
Prof. Mike Proctor FRS,
DAMTP, University of Cambridge
Provost of Kings College
———————–
Prof Nigel Weiss FRS (1936-2020)
Nigel Weiss, who died earlier this week after a fall at his home, was born
on 16 December 1936, in South Africa.… continue to the full article
A new Science Vision and Infrastructure Roadmap for European Astronomy
A new Science Vision and Infrastructure Roadmap for European Astronomy
Work is underway to develop a new, combined Science Vision and Infrastructure Roadmap, looking at the next 20 years of European astronomy, building upon the previous versions & updates delivered by Astronet (Science Vision, Infrastructure Roadmap).… continue to the full article
SunPy 2.0 Released
The SunPy Project is happy to announce the release of SunPy 2.0! SunPy is an open-source Python library for Solar Physics data analysis and visualization. With this release, the 1.0 and 1.1 releases will no longer receive bug fixes and we encourage everyone to upgrade to 2.0.… continue to the full article
The next UK-SOSS talk will be held on 16th of June, 2020, 11:00 am (UK time)
The 4th seminar will be held on 16th of June, 2020, 11:00 am (UK time)
Speaker: Prof Mitchell Berger (University of Exeter)
Title: Magnetic helicity: decompositions and methods of localization
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95338171418
Meeting ID 953 3817 1418
Abstract:
Magnetic helicity is an ideal MHD invariant; it measures geometric and topological properties of a magnetic field.… continue to the full article
George Doschek Chosen to Write Solar Physics Memoir for 2021
We are pleased to announce that George Doschek has been selected to write the Solar Physics Memoir for 2021. Early in his career at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Dr. Doschek became established as an authority on the Sun’s X-ray flare spectrum.… continue to the full article