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Researchers use NASA’s Webb to map weather of planet 280 light-years away
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/clouds-wasp-43b
Atmospheric modelling led in part by University of Leicester reveals true extent of clouds on distant world reveals WASP-43 b is cloudy on the nightside but mostly clear on the dayside, with equatorial winds howling around the planet at 5,000 miles per hour
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/5/
New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 July 2022 Leicester space scientists will contribute to a huge new telescope, made up of identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, to...
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PhD Projects in Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/18/phd-projects-for-2021/
PhD projects in Leicester Physics and Astronomy 2021
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2020 news
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/contemporary-environments/anthropocene-research-group/news/2020
7 July 2020 Bringing absurdity to business thinking: a serious proposal Since the inaugural lecture of the Anthropocene Research Group, we have reflected on the role of business schools at the time of the Anthropocene.
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Art Meets Radar
https://le.ac.uk/research/images-of-research/pedro-rodriguez-veiga
Pedro Rodriguez Veiga , University staff member has entered a piece entitled 'Art Meets Radar'.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures Large Magellanic Cloud
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/28/james-webb-space-telescopes-coolest-instrument-captures-large-magellanic-cloud/
The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.
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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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New Results in X-Ray Astronomy: Looking ahead to Athena
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/15/new-results-in-x-ray-astronomy-looking-ahead-to-athena/
During May 2022, the School of Physics & Astronomy hosted two back-to-back meetings in high-energy astrophysics.
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Conversations With… Dipali Thanki
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/06/conversations-with-dipali-thanki/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 November 2020 Todays ‘Conversations With…’ article focuses on Dipali Thanki, a Laboratory Supervisor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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PlanetarySeminar: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Martian Magnetotail
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/11/planetaryseminar-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-martian-magnetotail/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 11 December 2020 Dr Gina DiBraccio from NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre will be presenting a virtual seminar titled: “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Martian Magnetotail”.