News search

Filters applied:

• Space

Showing 21-30 of 617 results

• Citizen science project makes 20 new astronomical discoveries

  Date: 23 Aug 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/kilonova-seekers

  The public has played an instrumental role in identifying cosmic explosions for a citizen science project involving the University of Leicester.

• New space missions to explore suns’ influence on habitable worlds

  Date: 9 Aug 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/sirius-elfen

  Two proposals for missions led by the University of Leicester receive £500,000 funding from UK Space Agency

• Cutting-edge telescope built at University of Leicester makes final departure to join SMILE mission

  Date: 5 Aug 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/smile

  The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI), led by University of Leicester scientists, has been completed and delivered for integration into the Solar wind...

• Space Interpreters from University of Leicester join the National Space Centre

  Date: 24 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/science-interpreters

  Students from the University will be spending 6 weeks building their public engagement skills with visitors to the National Space Centre

• Over £600,000 for University of Leicester to shrink AI algorithms for smarter spacecraft

  Date: 23 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/shrinking-ai-spacecraft

  Multidisciplinary team from University of Leicester receives £690,000 funding from UK Space Agency and aims to develop and demonstrate streamlined...

• Josh creates Mission Bake showstopper to mark the 55th anniversary of moon landing

  Date: 19 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/apollo

  In a spectacular fusion of culinary art and space exploration, Great British Bake Off star Josh Smalley has teamed up with the National Space...

• Space power: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator aces vibration test

  Date: 11 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/rtg-vibration-test

  Critical milestone for project led by University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester achieved

• Space Park Leicester’s new satellite system monitoring real-time imagery of Hurricane Beryl

  Date: 5 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/satellite-imagery-hurricane

  Researchers at Space Park Leicester use a new state-of-the-art satellite data acquisition system known as EUMETCast to capture near real-time...

• Out of this world art needed for iconic space hub’s new mission patch

  Date: 1 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/mission-patch

  Space Park Leicester invites inviting children, young people or adults with a love of space to help design their new mission patch.

• British space community comes to Leicester for major conference

  Date: 26 Jun 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/bpsc-2024-post-conference

  The largest British Planetary Science Conference to date welcomes 200 space experts at Space Park Leicester, University of Leicester and the...