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Wednesday 29th August Sol 23
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/29/wednesday-29th-august-sol-23/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2012 We have started our drive East to the Glenelg junction. We will go at about tens of metres per sol over the next few weeks.
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Leicester’s Jupiter research cited on new Royal Mail set
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-jupiter-stamp
The latest commemorative stamps from Royal Mail celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society. And the work of space scientists in our School of Physics and Astronomy gets a mention. Jupiter’s auroras feature on one of the £1.55 stamps.
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May Book Group: Vile Bodies – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/27/may-book-group-vile-bodies-2/
Summary of the May meeting of the Evelyn Waugh Book Group discussing Vile Bodies
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Close your eyes and pull like a dog.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/08/18/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 18, 2016 As I write this Olympics 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, are in their final days. Once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Close your eyes and pull like a dog.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/09/22/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog-2/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 22, 2016 Now that the Olympics and Paralympics are all done, it appears that once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Friday 10th August Sol 4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/10/friday-10th-august-sol-4/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 10, 2012 The first full resolution Mastcam panorama is coming through. It will take a few sols for it to fully download from Mars. Fantastic detail of Mt. Sharp and ground surface leading up to it.
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Astrophysics Seminar Wednesday 15th Dec, 3pm (POSTPONED from 8th Dec)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/06/astrophysics-seminar-wednesday-8th-dec-3pm/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 December 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Rowan Smith (Manchester), on “The Cloud Factory: resolving star formation in its galactic context” Abstract: I present suites of simulations that resolve individual molecular...
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Tuesday 30th October Sol 83
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/30/tuesday-30th-october-sol-83/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 30, 2012 We have started the transition to going back to planning on Earth rather than Mars time. By the end of 90 sols this will be complete.
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Carrie Crockett: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/author/cmc62/page/2/
I am a postgraduate Ph.D. researcher working in connection with the Carceral Archipelago project. My work focuses on the Russian Far East and Sakhalin during the imperial era.
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Thursday 4th October Sol 58
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/05/thursday-4th-october-sol-58/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 5, 2012 Previous missions suggest that the ‘soil’ on Mars is roughly basaltic in composition. However, on Earth sand is mainly composed of quartz (silica).