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                ExoMars landing site revealedhttps://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... 
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                Innovative UK-led space technology takes off on BepiColombo mission to Mercuryhttps://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... 
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                More than 50 years of Leicester in spacehttps://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. 
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                Earth observation research project tackling forest degradation shortlisted for awardhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/3-earth-observation-research-project-tackling-forest-degradation-shortlisted-for-award Earth observation research project tackling forest degradation shortlisted for award - Earth-imaging satellite company Planet has announced... 
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                Leicester academics win East Midlands Women’s Awardshttps://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 
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                Revisiting Holst’s Jupiter a hundred years laterhttps://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. 
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                University research supports project to gather air pollution data through space–enabled technologyhttps://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... 
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                Matter detected falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of lighthttps://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... 
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                Shaping the Future: Space Park Leicester presentation to Parliamenthttps://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. 
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                Colourful craters and insights into Mercury’s mysterious surface showcased by Leicester scientistshttps://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.