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Student research helps to settle who the victor of a superhero showdown would likely be
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/student-research-helps-to-settle-who-the-victor-of-a-superhero-showdown-would-likely-be
Natural Sciences and Physics and Astronomy students have been using simple calculations to explain the feasibility of the powers behind of some of the most prominent comic book superheroes known around the world.
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Plan a space mission from concept to launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/plan-a-space-mission-from-concept-to-launch
Planning a space mission from its initial concept through to its design, assembly and take-off is now a reality thanks to the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Space Exploration Systems MSc, which sets students up for a career in the space industry by teaching...
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Leader of most powerful observatory on the planet to speak at George Fraser Memorial Lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leader-of-2018most-powerful-observatory-on-the-planet2019-to-speak-at-university-of-leicester
The head of the world’s most powerful observatory will conduct a lecture at our University, examining how new astronomical facilities have led to significant leaps in astronomical research.
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 23
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/23/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Geology BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/geology-bsc/2026
We’re walking on billions of years of history. And in Leicester's geology degree, you’ll learn how to piece it all together, to understand how our planet works, and what it takes to carve out a career working on it.
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Work for Us
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/about/work
If you are interested in joining one of the world's leading research intensive universities to deliver significant and transformative advances in a wide range of areas of Structural and Chemical Biology, Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Regulation of gene...
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University celebrates a beauti-fall AutumnFest at the Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/autumn
More than 1,800 people came together at the Botanic Garden on Saturday (30 September) to celebrate the University’s inaugural AutumnFest
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First delivery to our University of high-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-delivery-to-our-university-of-high-tech-glass-plates-to-be-used-to-discover-the-birth-of-new-black-holes
Our University is providing a new type of X-ray mirror to the French space agency, CNES, for the Chinese-French satellite ‘SVOM’ which is designed to discover and study Gamma-Ray Bursts from newly formed black holes.
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Geology with Palaeontology MGeol
https://le.ac.uk/courses/geology-with-palaeontology-mgeol/2026
Fossils. They already tell us so much about life. But in many ways, we’ve only just scratched the surface. Along with building your skills and knowledge in the scientific study of fossils, this degree is your gateway towards PhD research.
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Astrophysics Seminar Wed 17th 3pm
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/15/astrophysics-seminar-wed-17th-3pm/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 15 November 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Nienke van der Marel (Leiden) on “ Novel views on planet formation and dust evolution: connecting protoplanetary disk demographics with exoplanets, debris disks and exoplanet...