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• Leicester space scientist receives prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

  Date: 26 Apr 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/stfc-fellowship

  A space scientist from the University of Leicester has been identified as a science leader of the future by the Science and Technology Facilities...

• Mercury-bound spacecraft with Leicester-built instrument set to fly by Earth

  Date: 7 Apr 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/08-bepi-flyby

  Space scientists at the University of Leicester are preparing to bid a final farewell to the BepiColombo spacecraft on Friday as it passes close...

• Space School celebrates 30 years since launch

  Date: 24 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-space-school-30-years

  Space School UK is celebrating its 30th anniversary in July 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landings.

• 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...

• Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter’s equator

  Date: 19 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-planetary-astronomers-identify-cycle-spectacular-disturbances-jupiters-equator

  Scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory predict next parting of Jupiter’s veil of clouds for 2019 A regular...

• Innovative UK-led space technology takes off on BepiColombo mission to Mercury

  Date: 17 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/18-bepicolombo

  As the BepiColombo spacecraft sets off on its seven year journey to explore the strange world of Mercury this week, it will be carrying a piece of...

• Leicester academics win East Midlands Women’s Awards

  Date: 1 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/2-womens-awards

  Leicester academics win East Midlands Women’s Awards, Professor Emma Bunce and Dr Emma Parker claimed wins at last week’s ceremony

• Revisiting Holst’s Jupiter a hundred years later

  Date: 1 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/02-jupiter-planets-suite

  Reworking of Jupiter from Holst’s Planets suite benefits from insights from a University of Leicester planetary scientist.

• Colourful craters and insights into Mercury’s mysterious surface showcased by Leicester scientists

  Date: 17 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/18-bepicolombo-mission-at-new-scientist

  University of Leicester researchers involved in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury will be presenting at New Scientist Live 2018.

• Milestone reached for BepiColombo space mission

  Date: 31 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/milestone-reached-for-bepicolombo-space-mission

  Science orbiters stacked together, one carrying space instrument developed at Leicester.