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CuppaScience and the James Webb Space Telescope
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/21/201/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 July 2020 We highlight Leicester’s involvement in the James Webb Space Telescope, the ambitious new infrared telescope launching in 2021 – with the #CuppaScience Podcast with Naomi Rowe-Gurney.
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Centenary Inaugural Lectures: Black Holes to Giant Planets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/02/centenary-inaugural-lectures-black-holes-to-giant-planets/
Members of the School of Physics and Astronomy are invited to two Professorial Inaugural Lectures in September.
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Yearbook Cover Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/27/yearbook-cover-competition/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 November 2020 Are you interested in having your work on the front of the Physics and Astronomy Yearbook? We are holding a competition to choose the cover image of the yearbook! Details are highlighted below.
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AstroSeminar: Michelle Collins (Surrey), “Understanding the mysteries of the Low Surface Brightness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/01/astroseminar-michelle-collins-surrey-understanding-the-mysteries-of-the-low-surface-brightness-universe/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 February 2021 The department seminar this week (Wed 3rd of Feb) will be delivered by Dr. Michelle Collins (Surrey), at usual time (3.00 pm). Please find below title and abstract of the seminar.
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2019 news
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/contemporary-environments/anthropocene-research-group/news/2019
2 November 2019 Climate Change and the City As part of the ESRC Social Science Festival, “Climate Change and the City” looked at the challenges posed to Cities and Citizens around consumption, production and the future of education.
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Summer events revealed for University of Leicester’s Oadby oasis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/botanic-events
The University of Leicester today announces the launch of a summer events programme at the Botanic Garden, in Oadby.
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Showcasing the First JWST Observations of Jupiter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/23/showcasing-the-first-jwst-observations-of-jupiter/
Scientists who revealed stunning views of Jupiter with the new £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope talk to the BBC Sky at Night about their hopes that more planets will soon give up their secrets
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World Space Week at the National Space Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/10/04/world-space-week-at-the-national-space-centre-2/
Celebrate World Space Week with a very special mission to the National Space Centre (sleepover optional!) Space Lates is an evening created for people who want to know more – those who have an interest in astronomy, space missions, and the exciting research happening here in...
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Archaeological detectives discover secret square beneath worldfamous Avebury stone circle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/archaeological-detectives-discover-2018secret-square2019-beneath-world-famous-avebury-stone-circle
Archaeologists have found a striking and apparently unique square monument beneath the world famous Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire.
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Bryony Lavery Takes Flyte
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/10/26/laverytakesflyte/
An account of a rehearsed reading of a new production of Brideshead Revisited by Briony Lavery, dir. Damian Cruden, York Theatre Royal. September 2015.