University of Leicester, Physics & Astronomy
@physicsuol.bsky.social
🔭🧪🎢 PhD Project focus: The astrophysics and environments of the most luminous galaxies
We're advertising a project with Prof Andrew Blain, using survey data to understand the brightest infrared bursts in dusty galaxies
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
We're advertising a project with Prof Andrew Blain, using survey data to understand the brightest infrared bursts in dusty galaxies
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🔭🧪🎢 PhD Project focus: The astrophysics and environments of the most luminous galaxies
We're advertising a project with Prof Andrew Blain, using survey data to understand the brightest infrared bursts in dusty galaxies
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
We're advertising a project with Prof Andrew Blain, using survey data to understand the brightest infrared bursts in dusty galaxies
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢 PhD Project focus: Study Phobos' surface with MMX
We're advertising this project with Dr Chrysa Avdellidou, analysing Phobos' craters to determine its origin.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
We're advertising this project with Dr Chrysa Avdellidou, analysing Phobos' craters to determine its origin.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🔭🧪🎢 PhD Project focus: Study Phobos' surface with MMX
We're advertising this project with Dr Chrysa Avdellidou, analysing Phobos' craters to determine its origin.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
We're advertising this project with Dr Chrysa Avdellidou, analysing Phobos' craters to determine its origin.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢 PhD Project focus: Understanding protoplanetary disc evolution
We're advertising this project with Prof Richard Alexander, making simulations of accretion of planet-forming discs onto their star.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
We're advertising this project with Prof Richard Alexander, making simulations of accretion of planet-forming discs onto their star.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🔭🧪🎢 PhD Project focus: Understanding protoplanetary disc evolution
We're advertising this project with Prof Richard Alexander, making simulations of accretion of planet-forming discs onto their star.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
We're advertising this project with Prof Richard Alexander, making simulations of accretion of planet-forming discs onto their star.
For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢 The University of Leicester is advertising PhD places in Physics & Astronomy starting 2026!
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🔭🧪🎢 The University of Leicester is advertising PhD places in Physics & Astronomy starting 2026!
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation.
All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢
www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...
🔭🧪🎢 The next Open Day at the University of Leicester is tomorrow! Come and see what studying Physics here is all about!
Sign up here: le.ac.uk/open-days
Gain a world-class Physics education while learning from experts in Space science, Astrophysics and Earth Observation Science. 🔭🧪🎢
Sign up here: le.ac.uk/open-days
Gain a world-class Physics education while learning from experts in Space science, Astrophysics and Earth Observation Science. 🔭🧪🎢
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🔭🧪🎢 The next Open Day at the University of Leicester is tomorrow! Come and see what studying Physics here is all about!
Sign up here: le.ac.uk/open-days
Gain a world-class Physics education while learning from experts in Space science, Astrophysics and Earth Observation Science. 🔭🧪🎢
Sign up here: le.ac.uk/open-days
Gain a world-class Physics education while learning from experts in Space science, Astrophysics and Earth Observation Science. 🔭🧪🎢
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Thanks to the team at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for hosting me today: home of Dragonfly quadcopter to Titan (model below), Parker Solar Probe, New Horizons to Pluto, DART asteroid impactor, and more. Talked HabWorlds, JWST, heliophysics and exoplanets, all in one exhausting day.
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Thanks to the team at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for hosting me today: home of Dragonfly quadcopter to Titan (model below), Parker Solar Probe, New Horizons to Pluto, DART asteroid impactor, and more. Talked HabWorlds, JWST, heliophysics and exoplanets, all in one exhausting day.
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Fantastic first part of the week at ESAC at the BepiColombo @science.esa.int Science Working Team meeting… just a bit over a year before arriving to Mercury! ✨✨ very exciting, and always great to go back home, even if just for a few days!
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Fantastic first part of the week at ESAC at the BepiColombo @science.esa.int Science Working Team meeting… just a bit over a year before arriving to Mercury! ✨✨ very exciting, and always great to go back home, even if just for a few days!
🐱 Our newest student! 🐱
Learning about the vast current flowing along the Earth's magnetic field to the ionosphere is as captivating for cats as it is for our students. It took a seat and stayed for the lecture as @bscredrojo.bsky.social explained the "Birkeland currents" to our 3rd years! 😻
Learning about the vast current flowing along the Earth's magnetic field to the ionosphere is as captivating for cats as it is for our students. It took a seat and stayed for the lecture as @bscredrojo.bsky.social explained the "Birkeland currents" to our 3rd years! 😻
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🐱 Our newest student! 🐱
Learning about the vast current flowing along the Earth's magnetic field to the ionosphere is as captivating for cats as it is for our students. It took a seat and stayed for the lecture as @bscredrojo.bsky.social explained the "Birkeland currents" to our 3rd years! 😻
Learning about the vast current flowing along the Earth's magnetic field to the ionosphere is as captivating for cats as it is for our students. It took a seat and stayed for the lecture as @bscredrojo.bsky.social explained the "Birkeland currents" to our 3rd years! 😻
🔭🧪🎢 As a summer research project, our undergraduate Bagirdam Dharmalingam studied greenhouse gas above the UK! ☀️
Learn more about out Earth Observation research here le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about out Earth Observation research here le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🔭🧪🎢 As a summer research project, our undergraduate Bagirdam Dharmalingam studied greenhouse gas above the UK! ☀️
Learn more about out Earth Observation research here le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about out Earth Observation research here le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
🔭🧪🎢 This summer project, which two of our students, Jack Fuller and Luke Smith, worked on looked at what happens when you mill through the surface of materials with lasers!
Summer projects are open to our undergraduates every year. Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Summer projects are open to our undergraduates every year. Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🔭🧪🎢 This summer project, which two of our students, Jack Fuller and Luke Smith, worked on looked at what happens when you mill through the surface of materials with lasers!
Summer projects are open to our undergraduates every year. Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Summer projects are open to our undergraduates every year. Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
🔭🧪🎢 Our undergraduate, Kieran Bujdoso, spent his summer project here analysing meteorites.
Learn more about our meteorite research here 💫 🪨 : le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about our meteorite research here 💫 🪨 : le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
October 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🔭🧪🎢 Our undergraduate, Kieran Bujdoso, spent his summer project here analysing meteorites.
Learn more about our meteorite research here 💫 🪨 : le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about our meteorite research here 💫 🪨 : le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Our 3rd year William Spanswick did a summer project here studying the Martian ionosphere! This is him telling the department about it before term started
Learn more about our research here 🛰️ le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about our research here 🛰️ le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
October 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our 3rd year William Spanswick did a summer project here studying the Martian ionosphere! This is him telling the department about it before term started
Learn more about our research here 🛰️ le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about our research here 🛰️ le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
🔭🧪🎢 As a summer project our undergraduate student Emily Stedall looked at "The Evolution and Impact of Accretion Disk Winds in an X-Ray Binary System" 🔭🧪🎢
Learn more about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🔭🧪🎢 As a summer project our undergraduate student Emily Stedall looked at "The Evolution and Impact of Accretion Disk Winds in an X-Ray Binary System" 🔭🧪🎢
Learn more about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn more about studying Physics at Leicester here 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
🔭🧪🎢 Every year we run the summer research projects for some of our undergraduates.
Daniel Booth looked at identifying mid-infrared counterparts to gamma-ray bursts, and he presented his work before term started 🔭🧪🎢
Daniel Booth looked at identifying mid-infrared counterparts to gamma-ray bursts, and he presented his work before term started 🔭🧪🎢
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🔭🧪🎢 Every year we run the summer research projects for some of our undergraduates.
Daniel Booth looked at identifying mid-infrared counterparts to gamma-ray bursts, and he presented his work before term started 🔭🧪🎢
Daniel Booth looked at identifying mid-infrared counterparts to gamma-ray bursts, and he presented his work before term started 🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢 Every year we run some summer research projects for our undergraduates. Before term, Ayushma Paudel told us about helping to monitor food security!
Learn about our Earth observation research 🌍 le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn about our Earth observation research 🌍 le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
September 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🔭🧪🎢 Every year we run some summer research projects for our undergraduates. Before term, Ayushma Paudel told us about helping to monitor food security!
Learn about our Earth observation research 🌍 le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
Learn about our Earth observation research 🌍 le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
Learn about studying Physics at Leicester 👉 le.ac.uk/study/physics
🔭🧪🎢 Our next open day is tomorrow, Saturday 13th September, and you are all welcome!
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
You can learn about the exciting research done here at the university that you can get involved with as an undergraduate. 🔭🧪🎢
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
You can learn about the exciting research done here at the university that you can get involved with as an undergraduate. 🔭🧪🎢
Open Days | University of Leicester
Book an Open Day at the University of Leicester. Take a tour of campus, speak to our expert academics and meet our current students. Become a Citizen of Change at a Top 30 university.
le.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🔭🧪🎢 Our next open day is tomorrow, Saturday 13th September, and you are all welcome!
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
You can learn about the exciting research done here at the university that you can get involved with as an undergraduate. 🔭🧪🎢
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
You can learn about the exciting research done here at the university that you can get involved with as an undergraduate. 🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢 Our next public open day is this weekend!
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
September 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🔭🧪🎢 Our next public open day is this weekend!
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
🔭🧪🎢 Just over a week until our next public open day!
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
Open Days | University of Leicester
Book an Open Day at the University of Leicester. Take a tour of campus, speak to our expert academics and meet our current students. Become a Citizen of Change at a Top 30 university.
le.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🔭🧪🎢 Just over a week until our next public open day!
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days 🔭🧪🎢
Just over 2 weeks until our next public open day!
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
August 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Just over 2 weeks until our next public open day!
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
On 13th September, come and see what studying physics at the University of Leicester can be like. You'll also witness some of the highlights of our internationally renowned space research.
Book your place here: le.ac.uk/open-days
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How many universities do you know with their own space elephant? This is 'Ele-gene Voyager' (by Marta Zubieta), celebrating @uniofleicester.bsky.social roles in space exploration @physicsuol.bsky.social and DNA fingerprinting. Part of the Loros #StompRoundLeicester
August 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
How many universities do you know with their own space elephant? This is 'Ele-gene Voyager' (by Marta Zubieta), celebrating @uniofleicester.bsky.social roles in space exploration @physicsuol.bsky.social and DNA fingerprinting. Part of the Loros #StompRoundLeicester
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Fancy joining the #PlanetaryScience team at @uniofleicester.bsky.social? We have 3 postdoc positions open: Mercury with BepiColombo with Emma Bunce; the Martian ionosphere with @bscredrojo.bsky.social; or Jupiter's auroral lightshow with @jnic.bsky.social. Visit jobs.le.ac.uk and search "Physics"
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August 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Fancy joining the #PlanetaryScience team at @uniofleicester.bsky.social? We have 3 postdoc positions open: Mercury with BepiColombo with Emma Bunce; the Martian ionosphere with @bscredrojo.bsky.social; or Jupiter's auroral lightshow with @jnic.bsky.social. Visit jobs.le.ac.uk and search "Physics"
🔭 A postdoc opportunity here at the University of Leicester! 🔭
✨✨I’m hiring!!✨✨
If you are or know of a PostDoc willing to work with me and the planetary group at @physicsuol.bsky.social on how Mars’ magnetotail connects with its ionosphere and auroral activity, have a look below at the comments!
Deadline 17 Aug 2025
If you are or know of a PostDoc willing to work with me and the planetary group at @physicsuol.bsky.social on how Mars’ magnetotail connects with its ionosphere and auroral activity, have a look below at the comments!
Deadline 17 Aug 2025
July 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🔭 A postdoc opportunity here at the University of Leicester! 🔭
An extragalactic explosion was a massive star exploding, with a jet that was trapped in a 'cocoon' by the outer layers of the star or the dense matter surrounding it. Our researchers helped explain this using data from the Einstein Probe and ground telescopes. le.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
Leicester researchers shed new light on extragalactic event | News | University of Leicester
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July 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
An extragalactic explosion was a massive star exploding, with a jet that was trapped in a 'cocoon' by the outer layers of the star or the dense matter surrounding it. Our researchers helped explain this using data from the Einstein Probe and ground telescopes. le.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
Leicester scientists building the Soft X-ray Imager for ESA and CAS's Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer being highlighted by the UKSA during #NAM2025
July 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Leicester scientists building the Soft X-ray Imager for ESA and CAS's Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer being highlighted by the UKSA during #NAM2025
Our lecturer @bscredrojo.bsky.social presents M-MATISSE at #NAM2025
If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there... 👩🚀🚀
So that's where a new mission proposal shared at #NAM2025 could help.
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So that's where a new mission proposal shared at #NAM2025 could help.
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July 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our lecturer @bscredrojo.bsky.social presents M-MATISSE at #NAM2025