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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.

• Magnifying the Past with JWST

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/28/magnifying-the-past-with-jwst/

  In this guest blog post by Leicester student Roshni Bakrania, which summarises a ResearchBites talk by Dr. Henrik Melin, we explore the results from the first few months of observations by JWST.

• Brussels Street Lamp Museum

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2014/01/07/a-most-illuminating-museum/

  A blog post from the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester about the Brussels Street Lamp Museum

• D-Day in the East Midlands Oral History Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/05/30/d-day-in-the-east-midlands-oral-history-archive/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on May 30, 2024 The 1980s saw many oral history projects start across the UK.

• Conversations with… Prof. John Bridges

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/10/conversations-with-prof-john-bridges/

  Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 10 September 2021 Professor John Bridges is a Professor of Planetary Science in the School of Physics and Astronomy. An experienced researcher; Prof.

• Ut vitam habeant – so that they may have life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/centenary-celebrations-blog

  On 11 November 1918, the First World War came to an end and the following day Dr Astley Clarke wrote to the local newspaper to announce the creation of the 'Leicester University Fund', in celebration of peace and for the founding of a university college as a memorial.

• Alice Munro, Canadian ‘Master’ of the Short Story

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/11/01/alice-munro-canadian/

  Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature, 2013

• Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may

  The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research stories in May, according to a list by PR consultancy Gerard Kelly & Partners.

• A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.

• SUREFest – Final Internship Presentations

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/04/surefest-final-internship-presentations/

  This summer, the School of Physics and Astronomy has hosted 11 interns working as part of the SURE (summer undergraduate research experience) programme.