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Monster planet discovery offers new insights into planet formation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/2018monster2019-planet-discovery-offers-new-insights-into-planet-formation
A giant planet – the existence of which was previously thought extremely unlikely – has been discovered by an international collaboration of astronomers, including researchers from our Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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NASAs WISE finds universes most luminous galaxy to date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nasas-wise-finds-universes-most-luminous-galaxy-to-date
A remote galaxy shining brightly with infrared light equal to more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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Juno’s first perijove – may the science commence!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/24/junos-first-perijove-may-the-science-commence/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 24, 2016 The Juno spacecraft is today 3 million km from Jupiter, and it has spent its time in the first of two capture orbits about the planet.
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Take a virtual tour of Leicesters campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/take-a-virtual-tour-of-leicester2019s-campus
New images available through Google Maps Street View mean that becoming well acquainted with the campus is easier than ever. Prospective students and staff can take a peek inside the brand new Centre for Medicine, or virtually wander around the David Wilson Library.
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Conversations with… Prof. Richard Alexander
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/13/conversations-with-prof-richard-alexander/
Conversations with... Prof. Richard Alexander
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The Geography of the Criminal Corpse: Magic, therapies and bodily pieces across Europe. By Francesca
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/01/19/francesca-matteoni-the-geography-of-the-criminal-corpse-magic-therapies-and-bodily-pieces-across-europe/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on January 19, 2016 I have been involved in the first two years of the project as a postdoctoral researcher working on the medico-magical employment of the criminal corpse’s pieces: hands, fingers,...
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Which cities have the best tech industry?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/08/which-cities-have-the-best-tech-industry/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2019 Find out using the 2019 Savills Tech index. It measures over 100 metrics.
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Celebrating 25 years of Hubble
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/celebrating-25-years-of-the-hubble
On 24 April 1990, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Introducing Leicester’s Juno Team, University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/16/introducing-leicesters-juno-team/
Introduction to the University of Leicester's Jupiter scientists.
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Wednesday 14th Nov 2012 Sol 98
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/14/14th-nov-2012-sol-98/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 14, 2012 With its APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) instrument on the robotic arm of Curiosity is measuring the composition of rocks and soil at Rocknest.