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Mars Sample Return is Underway with Mars2020 Launch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/30/mars-sample-return-is-underway-with-mars2020-launch/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 July 2020 With the successful launch of Mars2020 from Cape Canaveral today the first stage in a long and complex sample return plan is finally underway – John Bridges explains on the Mars Science Laboratory...
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AstroSeminar: Prof. Isobel Hook, “Cosmology with supernovae: past, present and future”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/18/astroseminar-prof-isobel-hook-cosmology-with-supernovae-past-present-and-future/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 January 2021 This week the department seminar will be delivered by Prof. Isobel Hook (Lancaster), at usual time (3.00 pm) on Teams. Please find below title and abstract of her talk.
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Astrophysics Seminar Wed 1st 3pm.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/29/astrophysics-seminar-wed-1st-3pm/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 November 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Renske Smit (LJMU), on “An ALMA view of galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization” Abstract: In the past decade hundreds of galaxy candidates have been identified in the Epoch...
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Photographs of the Great Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/14/photographs-of-the-great-jupiter-saturn-conjunction/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 14 January 2021 In December 2020, we asked members of the Physics and Astronomy community to look up and capture a chance-of-a-lifetime conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – here are some of the photos.
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PlanetarySeminar: Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interi
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/23/planetaryseminar-inside-jupiter-what-juno-gravity-soundings-taught-us-about-the-gas-giants-interior-during-the-prime-mission/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 June 2021 At 16:00 on Wednesday June 30th, Dr Marzia Parisi from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be presenting a seminar titled: “Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interior...
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Diversity Session at the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/13/diversity-session-at-the-international-union-of-pure-and-applied-physics/
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is celebrating its centenary in 2022/23, and Dr. Gillian Butcher (IUPAP Vice President at Large) if organising a session on diversity.
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Black History Month event – In Conversation with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/10/12/black-history-month-event-in-conversation-with-dr-maggie-aderin-pocock/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 October 2023 As part of our events to mark Black History Month this October, we’re really excited to have our new Chancellor, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, join us for a very special event on campus on Friday 20...
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EDISeminar: The 2020 Space Census
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/21/ediseminar-the-2020-space-census/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 April 2021 The School’s first EDI seminar is on Monday April 26th, on The 2020 Space Census: Demographics of the UK Space Sector.
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Trailblazing astrophysicist and champion of women in science to deliver University of Leicester publ
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/05/01/trailblazing-astrophysicist-and-champion-of-women-in-science-to-deliver-university-of-leicester-public-lecture/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 May 2024 Pulsar discoverer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20 th century, has been invited to deliver a keynote...
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Introducing AstRoSoc: Our Astronomy and Rocketry Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/30/introducing-astrosoc-our-astronomy-and-rocketry-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 September 2020 AstRoSoc is the University of Leicester’s Astronomy and Rocketry Society! If your Curiosity has led you to seek a deeper InSight into the Universe around you, we hold regular...