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
Astrophile: Picture yourself on a sandboard on Titan
Taking in plastic sand, marmalade skies and methane rivers, a tour of Titan's sand dunes would be as trippy as a late Beatles song
Source: New Scientist - Space Date: 27 January 2012, 4:47 pm
The week in pictures: January 21–27, 2012
Astronomy Magazine News Article - Released:1/27/2012
Source: Astronomy.com News - Presented by Astronomy Magazine Date: 27 January 2012, 3:00 pm
Fight over changing constants reaches stalemate
What was supposed to be a superweapon in the battle to find out whether nature's fundamental constants vary has turned out to be a damp squib
Source: New Scientist - Physics & Math Date: 26 January 2012, 10:46 am
NASA Hosts Briefing on New Observations of Interstellar Matter
NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space.
Source: Solar System Exploration News Date: 26 January 2012, 5:00 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
