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• Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy

  Date: 28 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift

  University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than...

• Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future

  Date: 13 Jan 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate

  Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the...

• Double distinction for Leicester’s ‘Mr Antarctic Volcano’ in New Year Honours

  Date: 5 Jan 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-polar-medal

  University of Leicester volcanologist Professor John Smellie receives Polar Medal for the second time, from second monarch.

• 40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter

  Date: 20 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter

  An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in...

• Leicester scientists reveal new insights into the evolution of our solar system

  Date: 19 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/asteroid

  Scientists in Leicester have been involved in a ground-breaking study of the most primitive building blocks of our solar system.

• Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket

  Date: 16 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine

  Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester...

• University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance

  Date: 8 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/nature-positive

  The University of Leicester has been announced as one of the founding members of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, continuing its...

• Sharpest Earth-based images of Europa and Ganymede reveal their icy landscape

  Date: 10 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/europa-and-ganymede

  University of Leicester scientists and European Southern Observatory release new images of Jupiter’s moons taken from a ground-based telescope.

• Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form

  Date: 8 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fish-ph-fossils

  New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists’ understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form.

• River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fulbright-rivers

  A Leicester expert in river systems has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to expand her research in the USA.