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Gaia: the galactic mapmaker that is leading a ‘silent revolution’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/gaia-anniversary
University of Leicester scientists mark tenth anniversary of the Gaia space observatory, and its efforts to create a 3D map of our galaxy
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About the Institute
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/space/about
For over 60 years we’ve pioneered space research at Leicester.
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Computational Fluid and Space-Phase Flows
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa4611
Module code: PA4611 When the number of particles in a system becomes too large, we must stop treating it as individual particles and start understanding it as a collective.
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Computational Fluid and Space-Phase Flows
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pa4611
Module code: PA4611 When the number of particles in a system becomes too large, we must stop treating it as individual particles and start understanding it as a collective.
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Computational Fluid and Space-Phase Flows
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pa4611
Module code: PA4611 When the number of particles in a system becomes too large, we must stop treating it as individual particles and start understanding it as a collective.
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Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/07/nobel-prize-how-penrose-genzel-and-ghez-helped-put-black-holes-at-the-centre-of-modern-astrophysics/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez will be greeted with enormous pleasure by physicists and astronomers worldwide.
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University of Leicester space scientists celebrate success for Gaia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/university-of-leicester-space-scientists-celebrate-success-for-gaia
University of Leicester space scientists are celebrating success after the Gaia project, which aims to create a highly accurate 3D map of our galaxy, picked up two prestigious awards for best Space Achievement and best Space Industry/Project Team.
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Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths’-worth of star every time it passes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/black-hole
Massive burst of X-rays detected by University of Leicester astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth burning up in a black hole.
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Physics and Astronomy
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/supervision/physics-and-astronomy
Find your research degree supervisor in Physics and Astronomy at Leicester.
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Gaia Data Release 3: New space data serves as ‘complete step change’ in understanding of our Univers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/30/gaia-data-release-3-new-space-data-serves-as-complete-step-change-in-understanding-of-our-universe/
Space scientists have today (Monday) announced the discovery of a ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting a white dwarf, the first detected using direct observations with the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Gaia mission.