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• Students take on the challenges of living on the Moon

  Date: 7 May 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/enterprise-challenge

  Three-day event saw students take part in a workshop designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world business challenges

• Researchers use NASA’s Webb to map weather of planet 280 light-years away

  Date: 30 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/clouds-wasp-43b

  Atmospheric modelling led in part by University of Leicester reveals true extent of clouds on distant world reveals WASP-43 b is cloudy on the...

• Leicester-tested Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky

  Date: 30 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/einstein-probe-images

  Explosion-hunting telescope tested by University of Leicester space scientists sends back its first images

• Potential new worlds rescued by citizens of Earth

  Date: 25 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/planet-hunters

  Team of astronomers at University of Leicester are following up on potential planet discoveries by citizen scientists

• Community celebrates Earth Day at Space Park Leicester

  Date: 24 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/space-park-earth-day

  Space Park Leicester celebrated Earth Day as Wolsey House Primary School pupils and members of the public joined experts from the National Centre...

• Trailblazing astrophysicist and champion of women in science to deliver University of Leicester public lecture

  Date: 22 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/jocelyn-bell

  Two science superstars will converge at the University of Leicester for a special public lecture, next month.

• Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists

  Date: 18 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/black-hole

  Most massive black hole in our galaxy spotted by team including scientists from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester

• New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space

  Date: 16 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite

  Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the...

• Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits

  Date: 16 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability

  University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the...

• Moon may have influenced Stonehenge builders says English Heritage

  Date: 15 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/moon-stonehenge

  Lunar standstill in 2024 offers rare opportunity to investigate.