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• 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...

• 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.

• New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events

  Date: 21 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/goto

  Leicester space scientists will contribute to a huge new telescope, made up of identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, to track down...

• Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester

  Date: 13 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/jwst-first-light

  Astounding images telling the story of a hidden universe through every phase of its cosmic history have been revealed for the first time at Space...

• New project to collect evidence of modern slavery among adult websites

  Date: 7 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/modern-slavery-adult-websites

  Adult service websites and their users have a key role to play in preventing modern slavery, according to a leading criminologist from the...

• Our Space Heritage: Public event to celebrate Leicester’s long-standing space expertise

  Date: 22 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/our-space-heritage

  Members of the public will have the opportunity to hear from one of Leicester’s space pioneers at a special event celebrating the city’s space...

• The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book

  Date: 20 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis

  Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book.