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News from the School of Physics & Astronomy @uniofleicester.
University of Leicester
Joined February 2012
Our Prof O'Brien commented that "with the new mission we are probing a distant explosion in a new way. I’m looking forward to many new objects."
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Prof Martin Barstow has paid tribute to a pioneering space telescope that has spent over a decade mapping our sky, as it ends its observations of the Milky Way
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Prof Emma Bunce, a leading Leicester space scientist has been appointed a trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich, in the year of its 350th anniversary
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BepiColumbo, carrying an instrument designed and built by University of Leicester scientists, has completed its final flyby of Mercury. Its orbiters will start circling the planet next year!
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Photos from our celebration
We're marking 20 years of groundbreaking cosmic exploration with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory that has "transformed how we study gamma-ray bursts." Our team developed technology for it’s X-ray telescope and leads the UK’s data analysis efforts.
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We're marking 20 years of groundbreaking cosmic exploration with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory that has "transformed how we study gamma-ray bursts." Our team developed technology for it’s X-ray telescope and leads the UK’s data analysis efforts.
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One of our undergraduates, Greg Beeden, is part of the University of Leicester team taking on LSE in tonights University Challenge! Watch them in action at 8:30pm on BBC2
Our team of bright minds is taking on the nation's top universities! 🧠 Tune in to @BBCTwo on Monday at 8.30pm to watch the University of Leicester team battle it out with @LSEnews on #UniversityChallenge. Good luck to Noah, Greg, George and Edward!
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@ChrysAvdellidou The extinction event, 445 million years ago, can be traced back to an asteroid collision between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter
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RT @LeighFletcher: Excellent news - several of the @PhysicsUoL planetary science team were asked to provide ideas, support, and reviews of…
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🚀🌙 Head to the moon with @spacecentre's "Space Late" on 15th November! There will be guest speakers, activities, special artefacts from the vault and stargazing. Book your tickets here! 🚀🌙
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RT @UoLPressOffice: Scientists @PhysicsUoL have used 🔭@NASAWebb to peer into the heart of the Solar System's largest anticyclone: Jupiter's…
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RT @uniofleicester: News | Space Park Leicester experts to showcase space technology at IAC 2024 in Milan 👉 #Citiz…
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Why do we SMILE? 🛰️ Come and hear about the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) from our lecturer Dr Jennifer Carter in a free talk on 3rd September 🛰️
Find out more about the exciting SMILE mission at a free talk with @uniofleicester researcher Dr Jennifer Carter. The spacecraft will carry a cutting-edge X-ray telescope developed at Space Park Leicester 🔭 📅 3 September, 2pm 📍 @SpaceParkLeic 🎟
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