WS Physics Dept

Westminster School Physics Department.

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

An open horizon, with so much to explore. Can’t wait to get going.

#CountdownToMars

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

Now showing: video of a black hole shooting blobs of electrified gas and energy into space at almost the speed of light https://t.co/oJgjxiUXUB

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

@NatSolarObs @AURADC @NSF_MPS The NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope provides unprecedented close-ups of the sun’s surface, but ultimately it will measure the sun’s corona – no total solar eclipse required. 😎

More: https://t.co/UsOrXJHaY1

#SolarVision2020

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Astronomers have found a handful of stars so outlandish that they force us to revisit our understanding of physics https://t.co/GvmbcrFRk9

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Lambeth Bridge parallax time again!

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Managed to view the transit of Mercury from Green, in between the clouds!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS:
The 2019 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded with one half to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”

[WS Physics Dept @WSPhysics]

The Sixth Form making full use of the computer science dept facilities and expertise, as they develop their programming skills on the computational physics course.

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Very interesting talk from Peter Taylor of UCL on modern cosmology this lunchtime, focusing on dark matter.

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A himalayan rock salt lamp up RHSC common room. Experiments on its healing powers will commence... #FakeNews #pseudoscience

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Fantastic exhibition of the Sixth Form physics projects in the Bentham room. Classic experiments, videos, astronomical devices etc - a mind-blowing array of ingenious creations!

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Very successful international science conference with students from @HWSFNews @wschool and Meiwa High School Japan

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Isky the second of Westminster'speakers at the Tonbridge conference. Another excellent talk, very well received

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Jack Wu presenting on antimatter and neutrinos at the Tonbridge Schools Science Conference 2019. Fascinating and inspirational!

[ARCHIVED - NASA Moon @NASAMoon]

A little bit closer now. @LRO_NASA captured this shot of the Chang’e lander and rover in Von Kármán Crater on January 30th. The left arrow points to the lander and the right arrow points to the even smaller rover, just 2 pixels across. https://t.co/Oxu60ucWxs

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Merry Christmas!

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@JamesHandscombe @jonmbutterworth @wschool A fantastic talk, and great to have HWSF pupils over (amongst others.)

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At the summit of Skiddaw with joint @wschool @HWSFNews Lake District expedition. Beautiful day but a bit chilly!

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Dr Walsh teaching his Astronomy class in the observatory tonight - making the most of clear skies

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The Salman Shams comeback tour... Fascinating Huxley Society talk on Myoelectric Prosthetics