Aberystwyth Physics Society
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Welcome to the Aberystwyth Physics Society. We are one of the biggest and most active academic societies at Aberystwyth University. We hold weekly socials and have regular guest lectures, as well as running a yearly trip to various locations.
If you want to get in contact with the committee, there isn't an app for that. But there is an e-mail address! From any aber webmail account copy scty09 into the To: bar and just type the subject in the subject box and the message in the message box! Easy!
PHYSOC Updates
News in Physics
The week in pictures: May 12–18, 2012
Astronomy Magazine News Article - Released:5/18/2012
Source: Astronomy.com News - Presented by Astronomy Magazine Date: 18 May 2012, 4:30 pm
Number of asteroids that pose risk to Earth is doubled
The asteroid-tracking NEOWISE mission reveals that twice as many asteroids as previously thought are on low-inclination orbits that could hit our planet
Source: New Scientist - Space Date: 18 May 2012, 2:40 pm
Plutonium signature captured after 50 years of trying
The complex properties of radioactive plutonium-239 made its structure hard to analyse – until now. The result may improve methods for storing nuclear waste
Source: New Scientist - Physics & Math Date: 17 May 2012, 6:01 pm
NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Source: Solar System Exploration News Date: 16 May 2012, 4:00 am
Crew Returns Home After Final Shuttle Mission
The four STS-135 astronauts and their family members who came to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for yesterday's landing and completion of the Space Shuttle Program's final mission returned home to Houston this afternoon. The public is invited to attend a welcome home ceremony at 4 p.m. CDT in NASA's Hangar 990 at Ellington Field. Gates to Ellington Field will open at 3:30 p.m. The ceremony will be broadcast live on NASA TV and online at www.nasa.gov/ntv.
Source: STS 135 Mission Updates Date: 22 July 2011, 8:09 pm
