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Seeds from Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor tree take root in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/seeds-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-survivor-tree-take-root-leicester
Seeds from trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester in time for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
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Strengthening the link in SMILE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/24/strengthening-the-link-in-smile/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 June 2021 Dr. Jenny Carter blogs about Leicester’s involvement in the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission, scheduled for launch in 2024 .
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Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/11/neptune-is-cooler-than-we-thought-study-reveals-unexpected-changes-in-atmospheric-temperatures/
New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester has revealed how temperatures in Neptune’s atmosphere have unexpectedly fluctuated over the past two decades.
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First JWST Images – What do they Show?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/14/first-jwst-images-what-do-they-show/
Professor Martin Barstow wrote in the Conversation to explain what JWST's first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy.
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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.
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Ice Giant Systems as the Next Step in our Exploration of the Solar System
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/09/ice-giant-systems-as-the-next-step-in-our-exploration-of-the-solar-system/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 November 2020 Dr. Leigh N. Fletcher introduces a special issue of Phil. Trans.
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.
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Conversations With… Dr Tom Stallard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/20/conversations-with-dr-tom-stallard/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 November 2020 Dr Tom Stallard is the Post-graduate Tutor in the School of Physics and Astronomy as well as being an Associate Professor of Planetary Astronomy.
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(In)visible Convict Heritage on Rottnest Island
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/03/16/rottnest-convict-heritage/
Blog on heritage of convict aboriginal history on Rottnest Island also known as Wadjemup, West Australia
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Can Black Hole Tidal Disruptions Leave Remnants?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/04/22/can-black-hole-tidal-disruptions-leave-remnants/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 April 2020 A guest blog from Professor Andrew King on black holes and observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton.