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• Astrophysicist to visit Kazakhstan to watch astronaut Tim Peake make British space exploration history

  Date: 9 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/astrophysicist-prepares-to-visit-kazakhstan-to-watch-astronaut-tim-peake-make-british-space-exploration-history

  Martin Barstow, University Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Head of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Astrophysics and Space...

• Leicester scientists develop new imaging system for worlds largest gamma ray observatory

  Date: 4 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leicester-scientists-develop-new-imaging-system-for-world2019s-largest-gamma-ray-observatory

  Richard White (MPIK), Duncan Ross (UoL), Jon Lapington (UoL) Image credit Richard White, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg...

• Researcher involved in discovery of tiny star with a monstrous temper

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/researcher-involved-in-discovery-of-tiny-star-with-a-monstrous-temper

  A tiny star with ‘a monstrous temper’ has been discovered by an international team of researchers, including Dr Sarah Casewell of the Department...

• Swift satellite spots its thousandth gamma-ray burst

  Date: 9 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/swift-satellite-spots-its-thousandth-gamma-ray-burst

  Leicester scientists are celebrating the discovery of the 1,000th gamma-ray burst (GRB) by the US/UK/Italian Swift spacecraft.

• Scientists celebrate successful operation of Space Camera

  Date: 30 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/scientists-celebrate-successful-operation-of-space-camera

  Scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are finally able to celebrate after an anxious month since the launch of Astrosat, the...

• 38m super lightweight mirror chosen for ChineseFrench space mission

  Date: 26 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps3-8m-super-lightweight-mirror-chosen-for-chinese-french-space-mission

  The University has announced the signature of a contract to develop an innovative new type of X-ray mirror for a telescope to be flown on an...

• Research explores how destroyed star rains onto black hole

  Date: 22 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/destroyed-star-rains-onto-black-hole-winds-blow-it-back

  New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star have been gathered by a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes giving scientists,...

• Celebrating ethnic diversity event recognises inspirational figures

  Date: 13 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/celebrating-ethnic-diversity-event-to-recognise-inspirational-figures

  Updated, 3 November: Photo gallery now online Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) members of staff were recognised for being nominated by their...

• Flickering of young stars reveals previously unknown link with black holes

  Date: 13 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/flickering-of-young-stars-reveals-previously-unknown-link-with-black-holes

  An international team of astronomers, including Dr Simon Vaughan from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has discovered a previously unknown...

• Internationally-renowned professor of space physics to present George Fraser Memorial Lecture

  Date: 7 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/internationally-renowned-professor-of-space-physics-to-present-george-fraser-memorial-lecture

  An internationally renowned professor of space physics will be presenting the second in the series of George Fraser Memorial Lectures at the...