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£1.3 million grant for global atmosphere research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-troposphere-erc-grant
Dr Eloise Marais from our School of Physics and Astronomy has secured a European Research Council (ERC) grant of more than £1 million to advance...
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From the subatomic to the intergalactic: scientists gather in Leicester to share supercomputer results
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-dirac-day
Experts in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology will assemble at the University of Leicester this week to share the...
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University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory sign an agreement with Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on future space battery design
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/05-agreement-signed-on-space-battery-design
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) pledges new areas of cooperation on research on radioisotope thermoelectric power generators for use in...
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Is there life on Mars?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/15-is-there-life-on-mars
The university of Leicester is working closely with NASA and the European Space Agency to determine the age-old question, is there life on...
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ISS Commander shows support for University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-iss-commander-shows-support-for-university-of-leicester
The Commander of the International Space Station (ISS), Alexei Ovchinin who took over command in July 2019 has thrilled students and academics at...
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Space School celebrates 30 years since launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-space-school-30-years
Space School UK is celebrating its 30th anniversary in July 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landings.
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Leicester Professor to lead UK Space Science Strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-martin-barstow-uksa
Professor Martin Barstow has been appointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Science Programme Advisory Committee, leading the UK's approach to...
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Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly...
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The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the Neptunian Desert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-new-exoplanet-neptune-forbidden-planet
New research by an international group of researchers, including Dr Matt Burleigh and Dr Emma Longstaff of the Department of Physics and Astronomy...
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Physics students take off
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-norway-space-students
David Jessop, Jamie Macquillin and Lewis Jackson were selected for the trip alongside 20 other students from across Europe.