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  • 22nd August 2013 Sol 371

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 22, 2013 Mars has two moons Phobos – about 22km diameter, and Deimos which is about half that.  MastCam has recently imaged an occultation where Phobos passed in front of the more distant Deimos.

  • National Space Centre Lockdown Thematic Weeks

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 May 2020 During the 2020 lockdown, the National Space Centre continued to engage a national audience with their space-themes videos.

  • Sunday 3rd September Sol 27

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 3, 2012 We have had our first day off, done by planning two sols at once.  In the meantime we discuss the results so far and enjoy some of the NavCam images from Sol 26.

  • 22nd July 2014 Sol 696

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 22, 2014 Recently MastCam and ChemCam imaging revealed 2 iron meteorites along our traverse.  These are the first found by Curiosity, though the 2 MER, Spirit and Opportunity also identified iron meteorites.

  • 19th October 2014 Sol 783

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 19, 2014 Today marks the closest approach of Comet Siding Spring to Mars.  Curiosity will be pointing MastCam and ChemCam towards it, and have been practising targeting  at stars like Spica.

  • PlanetarySeminar: Python tutorial for space physics

    Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 14 January 2021 Later this month, on Wednesday January 27, Dr Angeline Burrell will be presenting a virtual seminar titled “Python tutorial for space physics”. The seminar will be held over Teams at 14:00 ( click here to join ) .

  • Astronomy seminar – Wednesday 9th June. 3pm. Dr Rebeca Garcia Lopez

    The inner regions of protoplanetary disks: an interferometric view

  • Friday 19th October Sol 72

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 19, 2012 One of the main aims of the scoops has been to get soils and dust of suitable fine grained size for the X-ray diffraction experiment – CHEMIN.  We are waiting with excitement for the first results.

  • 18th January 2015 Sol 872

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 18, 2015 Unlike Curiosity the Beagle2 lander never sent a signal back from Mars.  However, as a result of some new HiRISE images we now know where it is and what happened.

  • Why Not… Run a Crossword Morning?

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 November 2020 Postgraduates within the School run crossword coffee mornings every day to stay connected during home working, writes Rosie Hodnett.

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