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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...
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Advancing UK and Italian research in Gamma-Ray astrophysics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/02/18/advancing-uk-and-italian-research-in-gamma-ray-astrophysics/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 February 2020 Leicester physicists invited to the home of the UK Ambassador to Italy to discuss the future of Gamma-Ray astrophysics.
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Physics Offer Holder Day
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/offer-holders/physics
Discover Physics and Astronomy at Leicester. Find out more about our courses, research and facilities, and the current space missions we're involved in.
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History Offer Holder Day
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/offer-holders/history
Find what it’s like to study History at the University of Leicester. View our facilities, enjoy a taster lecture and chat with our staff and students
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Congrats to Soheb Mandhai – Winning Entry for RAS Early Career Poster Exhibition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/25/congrats-to-soheb-mandhai-winning-entry-for-ras-early-career-poster-exhibition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 November 2020 The School congratulates researcher Soheb Mandhai on one of the five winning entries for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) poster exhibition.
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Lose Yourself on Mars with Attenborough Arts Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/lose-yourself-on-mars-with-attenborough-arts-centre/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 There’s no place like… Mars. Book a 30-minute slot and utterly lose yourself… The Attenborough Arts Centre “Mariner 9” exhibition has been extended.
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The happy ending to the story of ambitious project to refurbish iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/the-2018happy-ending2019-to-the-story-of-ambitious-project-to-refurbish-iconic-engineering-building
The Herculean task of replacing the iconic roof of one the world’s most revered pieces of 20th-century architecture has been captured on the page by the lead designer of the project.
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Farewell to Professor Graham Wynn
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/22/farewell-to-professor-graham-wynn/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 June 2021 The School of Physics and Astronomy bids a fond farewell to Professor Graham Wynn, PVC Education and Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics.
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Space Telescopes and Lobsters
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/19/space-telescopes-and-lobsters/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 November 2021 Want to know how lobsters and space telescopes are connected? Our Prof. Paul O’Brien, Dr Adrian Martindale and Dr Steve Sembay explain. Listen to this clip from the BBC World Service .
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Leicester space scientists celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/jwst-launch
Amongst other things, it will be able to see the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang, along with studying planet formation around distant stars.