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• 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

• Space Park Leicester to benefit from funding boost for UK space sector

  Date: 14 Feb 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/space-park-levelling-up

  Space Park Leicester is to receive £284,000 to fund a Cluster Development Manager who will work with local government, businesses and academia.

• 40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter

  Date: 20 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter

  An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in...

• Leicester scientists reveal new insights into the evolution of our solar system

  Date: 19 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/asteroid

  Scientists in Leicester have been involved in a ground-breaking study of the most primitive building blocks of our solar system.

• Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine

  Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester...