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Why Not… Run a Crossword Morning?
Postgraduates within the School run crossword coffee mornings every day to stay connected during home working, writes Rosie Hodnett. Sometimes we need an excuse to run a virtual meeting to get people talking. The PGR students within the Planetary Science Group have been running daily crossword puzzles to keep people connected, and this model could […]
Charles Cockell on Astrobiology: National Space Centre Q&A
Join the National Space Centre on Friday 13 November at 19:00 for a special #SciFRI, as Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh takes part in a live Q&A session. Professor Cockell studies life in extreme environments, the habitability of extra-terrestrial environments, and space biology. He currently sits on the science advisory […]
National Astronomy Week: Our Modern View of Mars
The RAS is putting on a series of events, talks and online observing sessions for National Astronomy Week, and Professor John Bridges will be discussing our modern view of Mars on Saturday 14th November (6-7 pm). Join Professor Chris Lintott (Oxford University, Sky at Night), Professor Jane Greaves (Cardiff University) and Professor John Bridges (Space […]
Ice Giant Systems as the Next Step in our Exploration of the Solar System
Dr. Leigh N. Fletcher introduces a special issue of Phil. Trans. A that summarises the international effort to launch ambitious new missions to the distant Ice Giants, Uranus and Neptune, following a Royal Society Discussion Meeting in January 2020 that was led by University of Leicester Planetary Scientists. Uranus and Neptune sit alone on the […]
The Galactic Unite Scholarship at the University of Leicester
Undergraduate Physics majors pursuing Space Science or Astrophysics can now apply to the Galactic Unite Scholarship at the University of Leicester. The program will award individual scholarships from the £10,000 endowment to selected scholars, and will include one-on-one mentoring opportunities with a Virgin Galactic Future Astronaut or Spacefarer, or a member of the Virgin Galactic […]
October 2020 Digest
We’ve been delighted with the response to the new Physics and Astronomy community programme and encourage you to visit our blog for all the latest updates. This October digest, sharing the latest news from our School and whetting your appetites for the opportunities to come. Our Community: This month, we’re introducing our “Conversations”posts with profiles of two members […]
Libby Jackson on 20 Years of ISS – National Space Centre Q&A
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. It’s all to mark 20 years of astronauts living on board the International Space Station and might be a good opportunity for people to ask about careers in the space industry and/or the […]
Successful Verification of the First Lobster X-ray Mirror Assembly for SVOM
Julian Osborne highlights the recent success of the team in the Space Research Centre that is making the flight X-ray optic for the Chinese-French satellite SVOM. The SVOM satellite will extend the work done by the Swift mission in characterising the enormous energies of the gamma-ray bursts, crucially extending measurements down to lower energies where […]
The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission
Leicester precipitation scientists Daniel Watters and Alessandro Battaglia outline how a NASA-JAXA mission addresses the challenge of global measurement of precipitation. Two precipitation scientists from Leicester’s Earth Observation Science Group have written a paper aimed at describing the NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission to a general audience (https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3865). The Leicester scientists use the space-borne […]
Enter the STEM for Britain 2021 Poster Competition
Applications for the STEM for Britain 2021 poster competition are now open, and we encourage all early career researchers in the School of Physics and Astronomy to apply. STEM for Britain is an annual poster competition which gives early-career research scientists, engineers and mathematicians the opportunity to engage with MPs and Peers, and boost the […]
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