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Chang’e 5: China launches Sample Return Mission to the Moon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/26/change-5-china-launches-sample-return-mission-to-the-moon/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 November 2020 Professor John Bridges reports on the successful launch of a new Chinese mission to return samples from the Moon, in this blog post reprinted from The Conversation .
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Yearbook Physics Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/18/announcing-the-2020-yearbook/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 December 2020 Twelve months ago, as the Leicester Physics News Team were pulling together stories for our first-ever Yearbook 2019 , we could never have imagined the strange world we find ourselves in at...
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/
Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
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Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/11/neptune-is-cooler-than-we-thought-study-reveals-unexpected-changes-in-atmospheric-temperatures/
New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester has revealed how temperatures in Neptune’s atmosphere have unexpectedly fluctuated over the past two decades.
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First JWST Images – What do they Show?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/14/first-jwst-images-what-do-they-show/
Professor Martin Barstow wrote in the Conversation to explain what JWST's first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy.
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Live streaming
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Watch a live stream of University of Leicester graduation ceremonies, find links to social media and videos of previous graduations.
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Breakthrough power source scoops Engineer Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-engineering-award
Chris Bicknell, Ramy Mesalam, Emily Jane Watkinson, Richard Ambrosi, with Tim Tinsley from NNL|Congratulations to Professor Richard Ambrosi and colleagues in our School of Physics and Astronomy who have won the ‘Aerospace, Defence and Security’ category in The Engineer...
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E-Assessment
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How to release quiz feedback to students Find information on how to release quiz feedback to students (Word docx., 154kb). For more information on using ExamSoft with Leicester Medical students, email Terese Bird.