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Leicester academics message to returning British astronaut Tim Peake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-academics2019-message-to-returning-british-astronaut-tim-peake
Space scientists from our University have praised the successful completion of British astronaut Tim Peake’s six month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Academic discusses Martin McGuinness in a BBC Radio Leicester interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/academic-discusses-the-death-of-martin-mcguinness-in-a-bbc-radio-leicester-interview
Dr Richard Butler, from the University of Leicester’s School of History, Politics and International Relations, has discussed the life of Martin McGuinness, who passed away today at the age of 66, in an interview with BBC Radio Leicester.
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Members of University of Leicester community recognised in New Year’s Honours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/new-year-honours
A University of Leicester student who struck gold at the 2024 Olympics, an internationally recognised surgeon and an expert in atmospheric science are among the outstanding individuals announced in this year’s New Year’s Honours list.
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UKSA Space for All Grant
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/28/uksa-space-for-all-grant/
UKSA Space for All Grant
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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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Sarah Casewell on the ExoCast Podcast
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/04/22/sarah-casewell-on-the-exocast-podcast/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 April 2020 The Exoplanet Podcast (ExoCast) is a regular podcast about all things exoplanetary, and this month interviewed Leicester Astronomer Dr. Sarah Casewell.
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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/global-entrepreneurship-and-development-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Free access to this annual index of nations ranked according to how conducive they are to entrepreneurial...
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Three-Minute Wonder Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/20/three-minute-wonder-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 March 2020 Leicester physicists are involved in 3 Minute Wonder competition .
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G STEP
https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/g-step
GMES Space Technology Exchange Programme promotes the use of satellite, aerial and ground monitoring Earth Observation data in order to improve regional competitiveness.
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School children invited to take part in Leicester’s COP28 celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/cop28-poster-competition
Space Park Leicester and the National Centre for Earth Observation are inviting school children to send in their pictures, posters and infographics about climate change.