Colin Forsyth
@colforsyth
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Physicist studying what drives the northern (and southern) lights, the Van Allen belts and space weather. Views are my own.
UK
Joined February 2010
Work led by @BritGeoSurvey with @ASmith0005, me and others highlighted in Eos. Our models forecast particular geomagnetic storms and the likelihood of damaging magnetic field fluctuations in the UK
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.
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Meet @esa_smile. The soon-to-be newest member of our space science mission fleet. Employing X-ray and UV vision to see how Earth reacts to relentless streams and bursts of particles from the Sun. Dive into the Smile mission here 👉 https://t.co/KdOsdWevlV
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Congratulations to Dr. Paola Pinilla, who has been awarded the @RoyaAstroSoc Price Award for her world-leading work on protoplanetary disks - the gas and dust around young stars where planets are born
ucl.ac.uk
Professor Jonathan Tennyson has been awarded the society’s Gold Medal, its highest honour, while Dr Paola Pinilla and Dr Niall Jeffrey have received the Price Medal and Early Career Award
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Congratulations to the UK Cluster team for their Sir Arthur Clarke award given for their major role in the multi-spacecraft mission (that produced 1000s of papers), leading 3 of the 11 instruments & hosting the Science Operations Centre. Photo: Natasha & Andrew from @MSSLSpaceLab
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Great to see @esa_smile starting to come together!
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The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize has been won by Dr Catherine Elizabeth Regan of @MSSLSpaceLab for exceptional leadership of the Eyes on Mars project, engaging diverse audiences and inspiring our next generation of scientists, alongside high-impact and novel research on
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Hello, Smile! 👋 🌞↔️🌍 Enjoy this view of the spacecraft that will observe the full Sun-Earth connection, filling an essential gap in our understanding of the Solar System. https://t.co/UVwUODq3Ie
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We had a busy summer this year! Including running a new Space School in London for secondary students. Find out about the partnership:
staracademies.org
24 pupils from 12 Star Academies schools enjoyed the opportunity to be part of three-day residential summer schools at St Paul’s School, London. Included in The Schools Index as one…
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Over the past few weeks we have welcomed colleagues from the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to cross-calibrate the Light Ion Analyser for @esa_smile ahead of the instrument being integrated onto the spacecraft. @uclmaps @spacegovuk
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Congratulations both and thanks to all who helped (@ASmith0005 @SolarSpaceNU, Michaela Mooney @PhysicsUoL , Mervyn Freeman @BAS_News , Andrey Samsonov, Graziella Branduardi Raymont @MSSLSpaceLab, Yulia Bogdanova @RAL_Space_STFC )
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@thechristianlao's paper comparing the agreement (or disagreement) between different substorm onset lists was published at
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Less than 50% of the events from each list analyzed were associated with onsets identified by another signature The Chu et al. (2015, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JA021104) and Newell and Gjerloev...
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@lazzeri_chiara's paper on strong southward turnings of the IMF and their impacts on the magnetosphere was published at
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Linear correlation between the geomagnetic response and the preceding solar wind conditions is generally enhanced after southward turnings (STs) The PCN index shows an almost immediate response t...
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It's been a good couple of weeks for the @MSSLSpacePlasma magnetosphere team with two students getting their first papers published:
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"It will leave a very impressive legacy": the first satellite of the @esa Cluster mission investigating Earth's magnetosphere, which involved Prof Andrew Fazakerley and others @MSSLSpaceLab @uclmaps, has safely returned to Earth after 24 years in space
ucl.ac.uk
The first satellite in the European Space Agency’s Cluster quartet safely came back down to Earth on Sunday, marking a successful end to a decades-long mission involving UCL researchers.
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🤔 What happens where the solar wind meets Earth’s magnetic shield? 🩻 This is one of the questions @esa_smile aims to answer by observing soft X-rays and extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. The mission will study Earth’s magnetic environment on a global scale, building a more
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☀️🌬️🌍 Here are the top three mysteries @ESA_Smile aims to solve: 🌬️ 🛡️ What happens where the solar wind meets Earth’s magnetic shield? 🧲❌ What causes magnetic glitches on the dark side of Earth? 🚨 ⚡️ How can we predict the most dangerous space weather threats in advance?
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☀️🌬️🌍 The @ESA_Smile mission will improve our understanding of how Earth responds to space weather and solar storms. The protective magnetic bubble that surrounds Earth is invisible to our eyes, but with its UV and X-ray cameras, #ESASmile will reveal how it works. Find out
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ESA ensures a ride into space for its @ESA_Smile mission, with @Arianespace signing up to launch the spacecraft on a Vega-C rocket 🚀 Find out more 👉 https://t.co/LLQOg92gvi
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