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• Leicester to lead Royal Astronomical Society livestream of Uranus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/uranus-live

  Astronomers and planetary scientists from the University of Leicester are to lead dedicated livestream observations of Uranus in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) to bring live imagery of the planet to the public in the UK and around the world.

• Leicester City Graduate Project earns FSB local government prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/city-graduate-project-award

  A flagship internship scheme encouraging students from Leicester’s two universities to stay and work in the city after they graduate has been recognised as one of the best regional initiatives at a national award ceremony.

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

  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 students have found.

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

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

  BepiColombo MIXS Instrument - Mission to Mercury -t0H3nz_nkI MIXS instrument The MIXS instrument 700|With £6.

• Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet

  Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.

• Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies

  Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and University of Swansea, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives and deaths more than 2,000...

• Innovative healthcare project to link patient data receives government funding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/04-sprint-exemplar-innovation-projects-patient-data-nhsdigital

  A hospital doctor using a laptop|University of Leicester-led research to increase efficiency of data sharing within the NHS.

• Space School celebrates 30 years since launch

  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.

• Space explorers to reveal how the Moon can unlock the Solar System’s secrets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/unlocking-moon

  Talk at Space Park Leicester on 24 June by Co-founder and Chief Scientist of the first commercial company to soft land a spacecraft on the Moon.

• Libby Jackson on 20 Years of ISS – National Space Centre Q&A

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/29/libby-jackson-on-20-years-of-iss-national-space-centre-qa/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 October 2020 Join the National Space Centre for a Facebook live Q&A with Libby Jackson, from the UK Space Agency, on 4 November at 19:00.