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Exoplanets and their Origins – Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/28/exoplanets-and-their-origins-professor-richard-alexander-centenary-inaugural-lecture/
Exoplanets and their Origins - Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture
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Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/26/how-to-train-your-telescope-professor-mark-wilkinson-centenary-inaugural-lecture/
Professor Mark Wilkinson Centenary Inaugural Lecture
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slc25
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Emma Bunce Discusses Planetary Missions on RAS podcast Posted by slc25 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 October 2020 “I think I would probably go back in time and pick Voyager…“ Our Head of School, and President of the Royal Astronomical Society Prof.
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Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/31/transporting-convicts-from-new-zealand-to-van-diemens-land/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on October 31, 2017 By Dr Kristyn Harman Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania Like many New Zealanders, I grew up hearing stories about the Australian penal colonies, particularly anecdotes of London...
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Anti Social Finance*
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/02/11/anti-social-finance/
Posted by dharvie in School of Business Blog on February 11, 2015 Senior Lecturer in Finance and Political Economy, David Harvie , suggests the UK’s nascent social investment market is more a matter of imposing market discipline and less a matter of ‘doing well by doing good’.
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Join AstRoSoc and the Kerbal Space Program
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/25/join-astrosoc-and-the-kerbal-space-program/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 October 2020 Another excellent reason to join our Astronomy and Rocketry Society (AstRoSoc) – the opportunity to compete and win prizes with the Kerbal Space Program! For more information about AstRoSoc,...
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Modern scientist vs. 1600s scientist: Moon landings
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/02/14/modern-scientist-vs-1600s-scientist-moon-landings/
Modern planetary scientist Dr Suzie Imber critiques John Wilkins's incredible 17th c. book on space travel
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Astrophysics Seminar 3pm Wednesday 10th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/08/astrophysics-seminar-3pm-wednesday-10th-november/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2021 Freeke van der Voort (Cardiff) A remote talk on Teams describing the distribution of r-process elements in simulations of Milky-Way-sized galaxies.
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mkj13: Page 2
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PlanetarySeminar: Geometry of Jupiter’s Magnetic Field & observability of Decameter Radiation in the Juno era Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 2 November 2020 At 16:00 on Wednesday 11th November 2020, Dr Yasmina Martos from NASA Goddard Space Flight...
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Centenary celebrations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2025/05/21/centenary-celebrations/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 Physics starting out in 1925 in the ‘Main Building’ (Photo credit: Liz Blood) The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925.