The group welcomed the BBC’s The One Show and presenter Jennifer Reoch to the University’s Acre Road Observatory to observe a partial solar eclipse. The maximum eclipse occurred at 19:06 on August 12 2026, with 91% of the Sun hidden by the Moon. Some group members were in Spain where a total solar eclipse was visible.
Congratulations to Yong Zhang for passing his PhD Viva, with his work on solar prominences.
Congratulations to Nawal Alanazi for passing her PhD Viva, with her thesis on " Spatial and temporal changes of the photospheric magnetic field in solar flares".
The University, with the Royal Astronomical Society, hosted the third John Brown Memorial Lecture on the evening of Jan 16th 2026.
This year’s sell out lecture was Songs from the Cosmos: Sound and Vision Using Muons a musical performance from BAFTA-winning artist Lomond Campbell and University of Glasgow nuclear physicist David Mahon. It was a captivating journey that celebrates the science and sounds of the muon.
The group welcomes back Dr Graham Kerr who starts a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the University.
The group has recently hosted a workshop on Non-LTE Spectral Synthesis and Inversion, led by Dr Christopher Osborne, in the University’s Advanced Research Centre.
Congratulations to Dr Sargam Mulay who has been elected to the UKSP (UK Solar Physics) Council.
