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Photographs of the Great Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/14/photographs-of-the-great-jupiter-saturn-conjunction/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 14 January 2021 In December 2020, we asked members of the Physics and Astronomy community to look up and capture a chance-of-a-lifetime conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – here are some of the photos.
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SVOM Integration of Leicester’s MXT Optics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/30/svom-integration-of-leicesters-mxt-optics/
SVOM Integration of Leicester's MXT Optics
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New award for improving agricultural monitoring from Space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/25/new-award-for-improving-agricultural-monitoring-from-space/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 March 2020 Leicester physicists have recently been awarded a Met Office Newton grant to monitor vegetation health and stress from Space Food security has always been a major strategic issue related to...
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Using Earth Observation to map degradation of air quality in North India
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/28/using-earth-observation-to-map-degradation-of-air-quality-in-north-india/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 September 2020 A new study led by the University of Leicester reveals how seasonal air quality in Northern India is degraded by changes in the timing and amount of agricultural residue burning – by...
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PlanetarySeminar: Observations and Modelling of Saturn’s Magnetopause and Trapped Particle Dynamics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/07/planetaryseminar-observations-and-modelling-of-saturns-magnetopause-and-trapped-particle-dynamics/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 April 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday April 14th 2021, Prof. Nick Achilleos from UCL will be presenting a virtual seminar titled: “Observations and Modelling of Saturn’s Magnetopause and Trapped Particle Dynamics”.
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PlanetarySeminar: Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interi
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/23/planetaryseminar-inside-jupiter-what-juno-gravity-soundings-taught-us-about-the-gas-giants-interior-during-the-prime-mission/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 June 2021 At 16:00 on Wednesday June 30th, Dr Marzia Parisi from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be presenting a seminar titled: “Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interior...
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Leicester Space at the British Science Festival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/13/leicester-space-at-the-british-science-festival/
British Science Festival-goers will be treated to some incredible events courtesy of experts from the University of Leicester.
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Grant Bourhill to take new role
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/grant-bourhill
Grant Bourhill, Chief Executive Officer at Leicester Science Parks is to take up a new role as Managing Director for Surrey Research Park.
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Celebrating our 2020 Physics and Astronomy Prizes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/22/celebrating-our-2020-physics-and-astronomy-prizes/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 July 2020 The School of Physics and Astronomy has announced the 2020 recipients of our undergraduate prizes.
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Charles Cockell on Astrobiology: National Space Centre Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/12/charles-cockell-on-astrobiology-national-space-centre-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 November 2020 Join the National Space Centre on Friday 13 November at 19:00 for a special #SciFRI, as Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh takes part in a live Q&A...