News search

Filters applied:

• Space

Showing 121-130 of 622 results

• Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno

  Date: 12 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno

  New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare.

• ‘Alien weather forecast’ by Leicester scientist provides insight into distant world

  Date: 10 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/subneptune-weather

  New observations of a planet surrounded by mysterious haze benefit from modelling work by a University of Leicester researcher.

• Leicester scientist lends insight into Hubble ‘shadow play’ around planet-forming disc

  Date: 4 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/shadow-planet-disc

  University of Leicester scientist contributed modelling to new study to give insight into warping of protoplanetary discs by planets.

• Leicester scientists on Jupiter moon mission look ahead to launch date

  Date: 12 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/juice-mission-jupiter-scientists

  University of Leicester scientists have a leading role on the science team for ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), exploring Jupiter’s...

• The sky’s the limit for student rocket launches at University of Leicester

  Date: 3 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/rockets-students

  University hosts local sixth form students for an afternoon of launching their creations into the skies above Oadby.

• Jupiter space mission in spotlight at public lecture

  Date: 31 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/juice-lecture

  A special event at Space Park Leicester will reveal fascinating insights into an exciting new mission to study Jupiter’s large, ocean-bearing icy...

• Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy

  Date: 28 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift

  University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than...

• New report part-funded by University of Leicester finds half of space workforce joins by age 25

  Date: 3 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/space-census-skills

  The first report on how and why people join the UK space sector, based on a census of the space sector funded by the University of Leicester, has...

• Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE appointed Chancellor of the University of Leicester

  Date: 1 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/maggie-aderin-pocock

  Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, has joined the University of Leicester as its new Chancellor...

• New satellite imagery reveals impact on urban landscape in wake of tragic earthquake

  Date: 20 Feb 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/earthquake-satellite-imagery

  Earth observation scientists at University of Leicester release satellite imagery to help inform humanitarian efforts in Turkey and Syria