Category Archives: Particle Physics

The image is a cover slide for a lecture to Liverpool Astronomical Society on 21st February 2025 by Dr. Steve Barrett of the University of Liverpool entitled "Cosmic Rays". The background is a picture of the Earth in space, with cosmic rays entering its atmosphere. The cosmic rays appear as thin streaks of light in the very upper atmosphere which expand into narrow, feathery cones of fainter particles as they get closer to the surface of the planet. Overlaid in the bottom right is a multicoloured 4x5 grid which reads left-to-right, from top-to-bottom: STAR WARS HAIL RAIN RAYS to the left of the word RAYS, outside of the grid and above the backdrop of the Earth is the word COSMIC.

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – “Cosmic Rays”

The February 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, February 21st from 19:00 to 21:20. About This Meeting Please note that […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Mr. Sam Walton – “Space Weather”

The September 2021 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society will be held on Friday, September 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. Normally this meeting would have been the Presidential Address we […] Continue Reading »

‘A World A Particle’ at The Victoria Gallery & Museum Liverpool

A  new exhibition in the Tate Hall Museum charts the contribution of the University of Liverpool made to the field of Particle Physics – Past, Present and Future. The exhibition […] Continue Reading »

‘A World A Particle’ at The Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool

A  new exhibition in the Tate Hall Museum charts the contribution of the University of Liverpool made to the field of Particle Physics – Past, Present and Future. The exhibition […] Continue Reading »

Astronomy and Space News Roundup: 14th May 2013 to 19th May 2013

A tantalising taste of Titanian topography; the Southern Hemisphere’s only dedicated professional comet-hunting telescope may be forced to shut down; and a Near Earth Asteroid provides opportunities for the press […] Continue Reading »

Podcast: In Our Time – Cosmic Rays

You may be interested in this week’s edition of the BBC radio programme “In Our Time“, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, which deals with the topic of Cosmic Rays. From the […] Continue Reading »