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A giant black hole in the Milky Way
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.
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Download our apps
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/first-weeks/download-our-apps
Information about the Citizen mobile app, MyWellbeing and SafeZone apps for you to download as a University of Leicester student.
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Business and Management BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/business-and-management-bsc/2026
Explore the realities of management and the managerial experience with this degree from the University of Leicester’s School of Business.
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Students calculate how much of the Amazon would be required to print the Internet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/students-calculate-how-much-of-the-amazon-would-be-required-to-print-the-internet
Students from the The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have calculated how much paper would be required to physically print the Internet as we know it - and have worked out that despite the Internet’s enormous size less than 1 per cent of the Amazon rainforest’s...
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Postgraduate loans
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/postgraduate-loans
When applying for a Masters degree, you may be eligible to apply for a Postgraduate Loan to cover the costs of studying. These loans work in a similar way to Undergraduate Student Loans.
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Alumni volunteering
https://le.ac.uk/alumni/get-involved/volunteering
Join our alumni volunteers and use your experience to support University of Leicester students. Flexible roles, skill-sharing, and community impact await.
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Physics BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/physics-bsc/2026
Matter and energy. Waves and fields. Relativity and mechanics. In this degree, you’ll be studying the most fundamental of the sciences: physics.
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Physics MPhys
https://le.ac.uk/courses/physics-mphys/2026
This four-year degree expands on the Physics BSc to prepare you for high-level entry into industry. It’s also a solid base for pursuing PhD research.
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Physics with Astrophysics BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/physics-with-astrophysics-bsc/2026
Galaxies, stars, nebulae, black holes, quasars, pulsars, novas, supernovas. Astrophysics deals with physics on a big scale. In this degree, you’ll cover a range of astrophysics subjects, alongside the fundamentals of physics and maths.
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Nikon microscope 3
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/inverted-widefield-microscopes/nikon-3
Find out more about the Nikon microscope 3 that is housed in the Advanced Imaging Facility.