Solar/Space physicist.
FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN READING MORE ABOUT SOLAR/SPACE PHYSICS
Links
(Click on each title to open the related webpage)
Research
Monitoring the Sun:
Monitoring the Heliosphere:
ACE Lists of Disturbances and Transients
Near-Earth Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections Since January 1996
Solar storms:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/spaceweather/index.html
http://www.solarstormwatch.com
Database for other astrophysical objects (stars, exoplanets):
Scientific communities:
Société Française d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique (in french)
Conseil National des Astronomes et des Physiciens (in french)
CNRS – Section 17 (in french)
Research Fundings
United Kingdom:
Northern Research Partnership (Scotland only)
Institute of mathematics and its applications
International:
List of Post-doctoral opportunities
Science outreach
A list about public engagement opportunities (around Edinburgh but also in the UK): here
The Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellowship
Women in Science
In French: Un point de vue intéressant sur le recrutement CNAP: ici
Want to get involved in science?
For the fun of it:
Getting serious:
Zooniverse (everything from the Moon to the Sun to exoplanets to stars)
An IAU Guide to citizen astronomy
Use your phone as a particle detector
Some useful links about careers
Impostor syndrome, here too and here
Fun science things
How to protect astronauts from space radiation on mars
The cultural significance of space exploration
List of active solar system probes
Why do we need to explore other planets
Building the future spacesuit by Dava Newman (seminar at SAO/CfA)
Interactive graphic: Every active satellite orbiting Earth
Interesting articles to read
2nd October 2017: New study highlights “hidden figure” of sun-watchers