2023 Ffiseg a Seryddiaeth Ryngwladol – Rhaglen i Addysgwyr: Cyllid i addysgwr o Gymru

Posted on 9 March 2023 by Chris North

To read this page in English, please click here. I ddarllen y dudalen hon yn Saesneg, cliciwch yma os gwelwch yn dda. Mae’r cyfnod ymgeisio ar gyfer athro o Gymru ar gyfer rhaglen LIGO 2023 Rhyngwladol Ffiseg a Seryddiaeth bellach wedi dechrau. Dyddiad Cau: 31 Mawrth 2023 Gwahoddir addysgwyr yng Nghymru i wneud cais am
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2023 International Physics & Astronomy Educator Program – Welsh educator funding

Posted on 9 March 2023 by Chris North

I ddarllen y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg, cliciwch yma os gwelwch yn dda. To read this page in Welsh, please click here. Applications for a Welsh teacher to attend the 2023 LIGO International Physics and Astronomy (IPA) program are now open. Deadline: 31 March 2023 Educators based in Wales are invited to apply for funding
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Pythagorean Astronomy: Gravitational Field Trip – part 2

Posted on 21 September 2022 by Chris North

This is the second part of a gravitational field trip to the LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington State, in the US. Last month we talked about how the detectors work, and the scientists and engineers who operate them. This time, we take a longer-term look, not just into the future but also into the past,
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Pythagorean Astronomy: Gravitational Field Trip – part 1

Posted on 4 August 2022 by Chris North

This month, we go on a field trip to the LIGO Hanford Observatory, one of a number of detectors that are searching for gravitational waves. In part one of this trip, we hear from a number of people working at the detector. Dr Mike Landry, Head of the LIGO Hanford Observatory, explains how – and
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Gravitational Waves: Meet the Experts

Posted on 23 February 2021 by Chris North

On Saturday 20th February 2021, we hosted a “Meet the Experts” session as part of Cardiff Science Festival. You can watch a recording of the event below. Questions We didn’t get to all the questions live, but the panel kindly answered them by text. Below is a list of the questions and answers, with links
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Online teacher CPD sessions

Posted on 26 October 2020 by Grace Mullally

Are you looking to bring more cutting edge research into your classroom? Our teacher CPD sessions, which were recorded at the IOP Welsh Physics Teachers Conference earlier this year, should help you do just that.
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Pythagorean Astronomy: Biomarkers, near-misses and anniversaries

Posted on 30 May 2019 by Chris North

A roundup of the month’s news from around the Solar System – and beyond. You don’t think of mars rovers having drawers, but that’s exactly what has just been installed on the Rosalind Franklin Rover, part of ESA’s ExoMars mission. This is no ordinary drawer, of course, but the “Analytical Laboratory Drawer”, designed to test
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In conversation with a Nobel Prize Winner

Posted on 26 June 2018 by Chris North

This is a bonus edition of Pythagorean Astronomy – the regular June 2018 episode will be published on Thursday 28th June. In May 2018 we welcomed to Cardiff a Nobel Prize winner: Professor Barry Barish, who was one of the scientists who founded the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, As regular listeners will remember, LIGO made the
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