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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...

• 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...

• 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...

• New battlefields: the reality of space warfare

  Date: 29 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/30-new-battlefields-reality-space-warfare

  Dr Bleddyn Bowen from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was interviewed by Forces Network for a special feature on the...

• New University of Leicester-led research project to monitor wetlands from space

  Date: 13 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-earth-observation-wetlands-leicestershire-rutland

  A new Earth observation for wetlands project led by the University of Leicester, in conjunction with the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife...

• Government funding for project to supply Africa with electricity from waste

  Date: 8 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-pyropower-nigeria-electricity-waste

  An Earth Observation Innovation team from the University of Leicester is collaborating with PyroGenesys Ltd.

• 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...

• Leicester’s cutting-edge research and innovation delights Minister

  Date: 8 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-research-and-innovation-minister-visit

  Minister Chris Skidmore MP was in Leicester today (Friday 8 March) at the start of British Science Week, visiting the University of Leicester to...

• Students given exclusive chance to meet an astronaut, see a space suit demonstration and learn about human space exploration

  Date: 26 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/26-students-dr-franco-malerba-italian-astronaut

  Italy’s first astronaut talks to University of Leicester, MSc Space Exploration Systems students Italy’s first astronaut to fly in space, Dr...