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• Solar System lightshows to be probed by Leicester astronomers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/jwst-saturn-uranus

  Team from University of Leicester has been given observation time on the James Webb Space Telescope for two projects that will study the aurora on two neighbouring gas giants, Saturn and Uranus

• May Day: early 19th century traditions

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...

• Astronomers look ahead to first light from JWST

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/jwst-time-allocation

  • Professor Nial Tanvir and Dr Rhaana Starling are co-investigators (co-Is) of a programme which will use spectroscopy to map the distribution of elements formed by gamma-ray bursts.

• Mercury mission carrying Leicester instrument starts final year of its long journey

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/mercury-bepi-mission-leicester-instrument-final-journey

  Space scientists at the University of Leicester are marking the final year before the cutting-edge instrument they designed and built will arrive in orbit around the planet Mercury.

• Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/

  Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 199

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/199/

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• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/200/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Andrew Dunn: Page 41

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/41/

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• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/41/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• About the project

  https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/about

  Project background and methodology From the 18th century, many technological innovations (such as gas and electric light, bells and telephones, piped water supplies, heating systems and sanitation) became available but the isolated nature of many country estates meant that...