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Leicester astronomers comment as Juno arrives at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-astronomers-comment-as-juno-arrives-at-jupiter
After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit this morning during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 pm.
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Sunday 4th Nov 2012 Sol 88
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/04/sunday-4th-nov-2012-sol-88/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 4, 2012 Research into trace gases in the Mars atmosphere, for instance ground based studies of the martian atmosphere, have suggested that tens of parts per billion of the molecules might be methane.
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Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens
The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.
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Awards for our University from the Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/awards-for-our-university-from-the-royal-astronomical-society
A leading academic from our University is to receive a prize this week from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Professor Mark Lester, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is Chair of the SuperDARN executive council and currently leads the project.
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Astronaut reveals challenges of human spaceflight in exciting workshop
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/astronaut-challenges-human-spaceflight-workshop
Dr Franco Malerba spoke to Physics students from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy for a Human Spaceflight Workshop at Space Park Leicester
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Sunday 3rd September Sol 27
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/03/sunday-3rd-september-sol-27/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 3, 2012 We have had our first day off, done by planning two sols at once. In the meantime we discuss the results so far and enjoy some of the NavCam images from Sol 26.
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Tuesday 11th September Sol 35
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/11/tuesday-11th-september-sol-35/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 11, 2012 One of the activities in the next few sols we are looking forward to include using the video facility on MastCam to observe a transit of Phobos across the Sun.
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Sunday 30th September Sol53
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/29/sunday-30th-september-sol53/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 29, 2012 We are closer to the descent into the lower area of Glenelg. The rock type around Curiosity has changed from the fluvial gravels and we are using the robotic arm to study it.
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16th April 2014 Sol602
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/04/16/16th-april-2014-sol602/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 16, 2014 The science team is meeting at the California Institute of Technology this week. One of our tasks is to select a drill site at Kimberley. Meanwhile we are gathering data on our location.
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Wednesday 8th August Sol2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/08/wednesday-8th-august-sol2/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 8, 2012 The first MastCam images are coming back. Thats another milestone as the 2 m high mast is now in position. Now is the time that we start suggesting experiments.