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• ExoMars landing site revealed

  Date: 19 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-exomars-update

  The landing site for the ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission to search for evidence of life on Mars was chosen earlier this month in a meeting...

• Innovative UK-led space technology takes off on BepiColombo mission to Mercury

  Date: 17 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/18-bepicolombo

  As the BepiColombo spacecraft sets off on its seven year journey to explore the strange world of Mercury this week, it will be carrying a piece of...

• More than 50 years of Leicester in space

  Date: 4 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/05-more-than-50-years-of-leicester-in-space

  In World Space Week we reflect on the University of Leicester’s long history of making out of this world discoveries.

• Leicester academics win East Midlands Women’s Awards

  Date: 1 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/2-womens-awards

  Leicester academics win East Midlands Women’s Awards, Professor Emma Bunce and Dr Emma Parker claimed wins at last week’s ceremony

• Revisiting Holst’s Jupiter a hundred years later

  Date: 1 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/02-jupiter-planets-suite

  Reworking of Jupiter from Holst’s Planets suite benefits from insights from a University of Leicester planetary scientist.

• University research supports project to gather air pollution data through space–enabled technology

  Date: 26 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/27-university-research-supports-project-to-gather-air-pollution-data

  EarthSense – a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company Bluesky – has provided detailed air pollution data in near real...

• Matter detected falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light

  Date: 20 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/21-matter-falling-into-a-black-hole

  A team of astronomers led by our Department of Physics and Astronomy report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the...

• Shaping the Future: Space Park Leicester presentation to Parliament

  Date: 18 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/19-shaping-the-future

  Members of the Parliamentary Scientific Committee hear from a University of Leicester delegation on the space economy and low cost access to space.

• Colourful craters and insights into Mercury’s mysterious surface showcased by Leicester scientists

  Date: 17 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/18-bepicolombo-mission-at-new-scientist

  University of Leicester researchers involved in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury will be presenting at New Scientist Live 2018.

• University astronomer discovers Saturn’s famous hexagon may tower above the clouds

  Date: 3 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/university-astronomer-discovers-saturn2019s-famous-hexagon-may-tower-above-the-clouds

  Stunning atmospheric vortex revealed at planet’s north pole in new study.