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  • Emma Bunce Discusses Planetary Missions on RAS podcast

    Posted by slc25 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 October 2020 “I think I would probably go back in time and pick Voyager… “ Our Head of School, and President of the Royal Astronomical Society Prof.

  • Leicester Planetary Scientist in BBC Earth Feature on Jupiter

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 June 2021 Dr. Henrik Melin was interviewed for a feature for @BBCEarth about the greatest of planets – Jupiter. He discusses Juno’s exploration of the giant planet, and highlights some of the latest discoveries.

  • EVENT: PhD Research Bites

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 16 February 2023 Please join us next week on Wednesday 22nd February from 1-3pm in the LTB, for a new style of Physics Research Bites – PhDating! 11 PhD students will give 3 minute talks on their research...

  • 12th May 2013 Sol 272

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2013 Here is an image of the drillhole, and the tailings around it, taken by the MAHLI microimager on the robotic arm.  In the tailings pile and within the hole (it is 1.

  • 16th April 2014 Sol602

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 16, 2014 The science team is meeting at the California Institute of Technology this week. One of our tasks is to select a drill site at Kimberley. Meanwhile we are gathering data on our location.

  • 18th March 2016 Sol 1285

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 18, 2016 One of the ChemCam capabilities is to use its  Remote MicroImager (RMI) to take images of our laser LIBS targets, but also of more distant features.

  • 16th August 2016 Sol 1432

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 16, 2016 The Veins of Mars The Veins of Mars Dr Samuel Illingworth of Manchester Metropolitan University has written a poem about the sulphate veins on Mars that we have just published about in Meteoritics and...

  • Celebrating International Women’s Day

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 March 2021 International Women’s Day 2021 was celebrated on 8 March 2021 with a programme of online events. The wall of women returned to the University in virtual form.

  • Wednesday 8th August Sol2

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 8, 2012 The first MastCam images are coming back.  Thats another milestone as the 2 m high mast is now in position.  Now is the time that we start suggesting experiments.

  • Saturday 18th August Sol 13

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 19, 2012 In order to keep track of time, both on Earth and Mars, a few people on the MSL team wear 2 watches.  That is a clear sign that someone at JPL is working on the MSL mission.

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