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• Trailblazing astrophysicist and champion of women in science to deliver University of Leicester public lecture

  Date: 22 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/jocelyn-bell

  Two science superstars will converge at the University of Leicester for a special public lecture, next month.

• Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists

  Date: 18 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/black-hole

  Most massive black hole in our galaxy spotted by team including scientists from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester

• New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space

  Date: 16 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite

  Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the...

• Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits

  Date: 16 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability

  University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the...

• Moon may have influenced Stonehenge builders says English Heritage

  Date: 15 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/moon-stonehenge

  Lunar standstill in 2024 offers rare opportunity to investigate.

• National planetary science conference to be hosted in Leicester for first time

  Date: 11 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/british-planetary-science-conference

  The four-day British Planetary Science Conference 2024 will be staged at Space Park Leicester and the National Space Centre from 18 - 21 June.

• Leicester engineers work on power systems for lunar rovers

  Date: 8 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/power-lunar-rovers

  Researchers at University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester are part of a consortium developing power systems for lunar rovers that combine...

• Over £2 million funding enables international collaboration for space research at University of Leicester

  Date: 8 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/uksa-bilateral-funding

  Two research groups at University of Leicester received UK Space Agency funding to support international partnerships

• UK Space Agency establishes Midlands base at Space Park Leicester

  Date: 25 Mar 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/space-agency-regional-office

  University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park to host regional office, part of national expansion aimed to enable UK Space...

• Solar System lightshows to be probed by Leicester astronomers

  Date: 20 Mar 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/jwst-saturn-uranus

  Team from University of Leicester has been given observation time on the James Webb Space Telescope for two projects that will study the aurora on...