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EO Detective in Lockdown
Catherine Fitzsimons, our NCEO Outreach Officer, describes the legacy of an outreach project from NCEO at the University of Leicester. In 2015–16 the National Centre for Earth Observation, based in the School of Physics and Astronomy, received outreach funding from the UK Space Agency to produce educational materials that would tie in to British ESA […]
EDISeminar: The 2020 Space Census
The School’s first EDI seminar is on Monday April 26th, on The 2020 Space Census: Demographics of the UK Space Sector. Speakers: Heidi Thiemann and Joseph Dudley (Space Skills Alliance)Monday 26th April at 1600-1700 All staff and students of the School of Physics and Astronomy are invited to join this Teams meeting – details of […]
Space Park Leicester – Phase One Complete
Congratulations from the School to all those involved in developing Space Park Leicester, as the keys to the pioneering £100 million research, innovation and teaching hub for space-related high-tech companies and researchers in Leicester have been handed over following the completion of the first phase of building work. From the Space Park Leicester press release: […]
World-first lobster X-ray telescope mirror delivered for SVOM
Space scientists at the University of Leicester have delivered a completely new type of super-lightweight X-ray telescope mirror to study the greatest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang. A team of academics, researchers and engineers have designed, built, tested and now delivered a bespoke mirror for the MXT instrument, to be carried on […]
Astronomers discover four new ‘hot Jupiters’
Astronomers within the School of Physics and Astronomy have discovered four new ‘hot Jupiters’ in our galaxy. University of Leicester PhD researcher Rosanna Tilbrook led and co-authored the study alongside colleagues in the UK, Switzerland, Chile, Germany, the USA and South Africa. Their research discovered four new exoplanets – NGTS-15b, NGTS-16b, NGTS-17b and NGTS-18 – […]
Using Diamond X-Rays to Explore Asteroid Surfaces
In a new paper, Leicester’s Leon Hicks and colleagues used synchrotron X-rays to investigate how space weathering has altered the iron composition of samples from the Itokawa asteroid. This article is reproduced from the Diamond Science Highlights, written by Emma Doughty. When the solar system formed, lumps of rocks clumped together to form the planets. […]
Citizen Science and Astronomical Observing – National Space Centre Q&A with Chris Lintott
Join the National Space Centre for a LIVE Space Q&A with the Sky at Night’s Chris Lintott, Friday 26 March 19:00-20:00. Have you become more interested in astronomy during the past year? Now is the chance to ask your space questions to special guest, Chris Lintott, who will be joining the National Space Centre for […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day 2021 was celebrated on 8 March 2021 with a programme of online events. The wall of women returned to the University in virtual form. Over 900 plaques were written celebrating the contribution women make to the university. The wall will remain online for a year here, although new plaques currently cannot be […]
Exploring Mercury – National Space Centre Q&A with Dr. Suzie Imber
Join special guest Dr Suzie Imber from our School of Physics and Astronomy for a free Facebook Live Q&A session about the past, present and future of exploring the planet Mercury, Friday 19 March 19:00-20:00. This week sees the anniversary of the MESSENGER mission to the planet Mercury. MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury on 18 […]
Is there Life on Mars? National Space Centre Q&A with Lewis Dartnell
Join the National Space Centre Team on Friday 12 March, 19:00-20:00, to ask Professor Lewis Dartnell your questions about Life on Mars. Lewis is a research scientist, presenter and author. You may have seen him on BBC Horizon, Wonders of the Universe, Stargazing Live and Sky at Night. The National Space Centre also has him […]
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