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• Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings

  Date: 20 Jun 2019

  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...

• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  Date: 11 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...

• The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the Neptunian Desert

  Date: 29 May 2019

  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...

• Physics students take off

  Date: 6 May 2019

  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.

• NASA and European Space Agency visit Leicester for Mars workshop

  Date: 6 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-mars-sample-return-workshop

  Planetary scientists from across the globe, including representatives from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA and European Space Agency, visited...

• UK scientists generate electricity from rare element to power future space missions

  Date: 2 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-americium-electricity-space-power

  Experts have generated electricity from a rare chemical element for the first time which may mean future space missions can be powered for up to...

• Ground-breaking space technology receives real-life health application

  Date: 28 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-space-technology

  UK Space Agency awards Leicester team £2 million.

• UK to tackle danger of the solar wind and find new Earth-like planets

  Date: 8 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-solar-wind-smile-plato

  New national space funding worth £7 million will ensure UK scientists play a leading role in a new space weather mission, the Science Minister...

• University of Leicester research receives international recognition

  Date: 21 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/21-palaeobiology-professor-gabbott-secret-history-evolution

  Palaeobiology expert to appear on French TV programme.

• ExoMars rover named after DNA pioneer

  Date: 11 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-exomars

  The European Space Agency has named its new ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, after the DNA pioneer, it has been announced.