The Sun is the most powerful particle accelerator in our solar system, releasing up to 1025 joules of energy during explosive events known as solar flares. In the solar corona, electrons and ions are accelerated to nearly the speed of light, either descending into the dense solar atmosphere or escaping into interplanetary space. Despite our close proximity to the Sun and the extensive data...
The 2019 Physical Sciences Climate Survey was the first investigation of the working, teaching and studying climate for LGBT+ physicists, astronomers and chemists in the UK. This study brought into stark focus the isolation, exclusion and outright discrimination faced by individuals with minority sexual orientations, gender identities that lie outside of the societal model which classifies...
