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Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/24/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Encountering the Unexpected
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/encountering-the-unexpected
We wanted to challenge museums to think differently about older people, to support them to live and age well.
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Revisiting Holst’s Jupiter a hundred years later
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/02-jupiter-planets-suite
Reworking of Jupiter from Holst’s Planets suite benefits from insights from a University of Leicester planetary scientist.
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University of Leicester outlines next steps in Strategic Review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/university-leicester-next-steps-strategic-review
The University of Leicester has launched a formal consultation on proposals aimed at strengthening its financial sustainability and future success.
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Janet Marstine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/author/jm423/
Janet is the Academic Director for the School of Museum Studies.
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Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths’-worth of star every time it passes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/black-hole
Massive burst of X-rays detected by University of Leicester astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth burning up in a black hole.
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NGTS discovers an extremely small star in an eclipsing binary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/01/ngts-discovers-an-extremely-small-star-in-an-eclipsing-binary/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 September 2020 Leicester PhD student Jack Acton discusses his latest discovery, a record breaking eclipsing binary system found in data from the NGTS exoplanet survey.
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Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly bright in new heat images of the planet taken by two large telescopes in the high deserts of Chile.
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Past events
https://le.ac.uk/joe-orton/about/past-events
A myriad of events and celebrations took place around the Joe Orton: 50 Years On project. Learn more about the events.
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IWD 2024: Remember to wear purple or pink in the real world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/iwd-sarah-fox-blog
To mark International Women’s Day, Dr Sarah Jane Fox from Leicester Law School reflects on the drive to achieve gender equality.