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  • An Interview with DiscoverPhDs

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/03/an-interview-with-discoverphds/

    Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 3 August 2020 Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs.

  • 25th March 2015 Sol 936

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/03/25/25th-march-2015-sol-936/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 25, 2015 This MAHLI image (field of view about 20 cm) shows how water has travelled through the Garden City mudstone rock.  It has left trails in veins – probably of gypsum or a similar mineral.

  • Celebrating Diwali 2022

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/01/great-school-turnout-to-celebrate-diwali-2022/

    The School of Physics and Astronomy were pleased to bring back the complimentary food tasting of traditional Diwali snacks and sweets as part of the Diwali celebrations.

  • February 10th Sol 182

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/10/february-10th-sol-182/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 10, 2013 The latest drilling has gone to 6 cm depth and we will use this for CheMin and SAM analyses.

  • March 20th 2013 Sol 221

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun.  This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.

  • Sol 2039 1st May 2018 Unique Samples from the Deep Martian Crust

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/05/01/sol-2039-1st-may-2018-unique-samples-from-the-deep-martian-crust/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 1, 2018 We have recently come across a unique set of samples from the deeper crust of Mars, kilometres below what was the Gale Lake 4 billion years ago.

  • Sunday 9th September Sol 34

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/10/sunday-9th-september-sol-34/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 10, 2012 Just like in a terrestrial laboratory we have to analyse standards of known composition.

  • 29th October 2015 Sol 1148

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/29/29th-october-2015-sol-1148/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 29, 2015 We have completed another drill so that we now have the Big Sky and Greenhorn drill holes. As the team becomes more experienced we are getting quicker at producing drillholes and so we can get more analyses.

  • Sunday 7th October Sol 61

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/sunday-7th-october-sol-61-1/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 One of the major challenges in preparing a spacecraft for Mars is ensuring that the chemical analyses made by the instruments, in particular for the SAM mass spectrometer are not contaminated by material...

  • 11th November 2014 Sol 806

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/11/11/11th-november-2014-sol-806/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 11, 2014 Mars Science Laboratory has changed our view of Mars: following the 2 Viking landers of 1976 and the Pathfinder Lander in 1997 we had an idea that Mars was predominantly made of basaltic igneous rocks.

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