MSSL Space Plasma Physics

Anyone interested in tracking its progress across the Atlantic can search for Colibri on marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/ce…

SMILE is on its way to the launch site in Kourou! esa.int/Space_in_Membe…

When space weather alters Earth’s electromagnetic field, power grids and other infrastructure can get caught up in the storm. In the U.K., a newly operational system aims to identify problem spots before they lead to safety issues. eos.org/research-spotl…

Looking to make a career in solving big and complex problems on Earth or in in space? Check out our Master’s courses, enrolling now: ucl.ac.uk/mssl/study/msc… Systems Engineering Management, Management of Complex Projects, Technology Management, and Space Science & Engineering

💫🎉 Behind every successful ESA space mission, there is a woman. Behind Solar Orbiter, there are more than a hundred of them! Yesterday, we celebrated our 5th launch anniversary - Join us today in celebrating these women who make our mission a success, on international day of women and girls in science! #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

And here is one of SMILE's software engineers, Zach Clare, focused on his machine learning and image rendering code🧠

Busy day in the magnetosphere office! Here is PhD student Tom Wakefield preparing his plasma group presentation on horse collar auroras 🐎

An online Open Event with details of our MSc courses will take place on 15 Jan 2025 app.geckoform.com/events-embed/#…

Further MSc programme details and application deadlines can be found at MSc Courses | UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics. Enquiries: scpinfo@ucl.ac.uk

Applications are now open for our MSc and Masters Degree Apprenticeship programmes starting in 2025.

We have a range of Virtual Graduate Open Events coming up, starting Mon 13 January! Sign up to find out more about our programmes, teaching and student life: ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-p… @ES_UCL @UCLChemistry @UCL_IMD @UCLRDR @MathematicsUCL @MSSLSpaceLab @stsucl @stats_UCL

Today, Sara Molisani from @ConsorzioRFX and @UniPadova is giving a great talk at @MSSLSpaceLab about her new #plasma detector design, which she has been developing during her visit to @MSSLSpacePlasma.

Yesterday plasma student Simon Opie successfully defended his viva on energy transfer processes in the solar wind. Congratulations Dr Opie! 🌞

We’re very happy to welcome back Michaela Mooney from @uniofleicester at @MSSLSpacePlasma today. She’s giving a great seminar talk about the magnetotail under northward IMF.

We’re very happy to have Matteo Zuin from @CNRsocial_ and @ConsorzioRFX at @MSSLSpacePlasma this week. He is giving a great talk about fusion and lab #plasma physics as part of our collaboration workshop this week.

Xiangyu Wu from @MSSLSpacePlasma has a very interesting poster at Autumn @MIST_UK on connecting electron properties in the solar wind to the electron properties in the solar corona.

Thomas Wakefield, PhD student from @MSSLSpacePlasma, explains his work on Kelvin-Helmholtz waves at Autumn @MIST_UK.

@MSSLSpacePlasma PhD student Bhagyashri Saite presents her latest work on geomagnetic activity and the outer radiation belt at Autum @MIST_UK.

PhD student Hao Ran from @MSSLSpacePlasma discusses his research on alpha-particles in the solar wind. Poster session at Autumn @MIST_UK.

Great discussions at the poster on the magnetopause response to extreme magnetic-field turnings. @MSSLSpacePlasma PhD student Chiara Lazzeri at Autumn @MIST_UK.