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Introducing SKYLARK
The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This blog post provides some of the history of Leicester’s involvement in the SKYLARK project. The involvement of the School of Physics and Astronomy in major space missions began with work developing instruments for Sounding Rocket flights. Starting in 1961, the […]
Lose Yourself on Mars with Attenborough Arts Centre
There’s no place like… Mars. Book a 30-minute slot and utterly lose yourself… The Attenborough Arts Centre “Mariner 9” exhibition has been extended. Mariner 9 (2012), by artist Kelly Richardson, presents a video of panoramic view of the Mars landscape hundreds of years in the future, littered with the rusting remains of various missions to […]
Launching ‘Black History Month’ Newsletters
The Postgraduate Team have launched a new series of Black History Month newsletters for the School of Physics and Astronomy. Emma Thomas explains the inspirations behind this effort. The Black History Month Newsletters were first created to provide an accessible brief format where readers could start/continue their ongoing education of Black History and Science in […]
Join AstRoSoc and the Kerbal Space Program
Another excellent reason to join our Astronomy and Rocketry Society (AstRoSoc) – the opportunity to compete and win prizes with the Kerbal Space Program! For more information about AstRoSoc, see here. Note that you must be a member of AstRoSoc to be able to take part.
Leicester Launches Space Engineering Technician Apprenticeship
The University of Leicester is supporting the future of the UK’s space industry after helping to develop the standard for a new Space Engineering Technician apprenticeship – the very first of its kind to receive Government approval. Providing an important new route for school leavers and others to secure jobs in the sector, the new […]
Introducing Leicester’s BepiColombo MIXS Instrument
This week (October 15th 2020) the BepiColombo spacecraft made its close approach to Venus, using the flybys (and electric propulsion) to brake against the Sun’s enormous gravity to reach Mercury in 2025. Although MIXS was sleeping through the event, we celebrated Leicester’s contribution to the mission. BepiColombo is carrying a piece of cutting-edge technology developed […]
Opportunity: Telespazio Technology Contest
Students (graduated and non-graduated), PhDs and Researchers at the University of Leicester are invited to participate to the #T-TeC (Telespazio Technology Contest). This initiative is promoted by Telespazio to enhance university research activities within a well-established “Open Innovation” process. This process is part of the “Idea Factory” of Leonardo S.p.A. The contest aimed at all […]
Suzie Imber live in Conversation with Tim Peake
Leicester’s Dr. Suzie Imber hosted a live conversation with UK Astronaut Tim Peake, from the Science Museum on October 15th. In this blog post she explains what it was like to speak with an astronaut. On 15th October, I was nervously walking to the Science Museum in London, in the rain. I had been invited […]
PlanetarySeminar: Giant Planets in the Thermal Infrared
Dr. Leigh Fletcher gave a lecture at the Thermal Infrared Astronomy Workshop sponsored by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in October 2020, highlighting the planetary atmospheres research at the University of Leicester. Mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy provides a powerful diagnostic of the atmospheric conditions on the giant planets of our Solar System, from their churning […]
Expanding Student Perceptions of the Universe through Art
Dr. Gabby Provan collaborates with the Fermynwoods Contemporary Art centre to deliver a workshop helping to expand student perceptions of the multi-wavelength universe. Fermynwoods Contemporary Art centre specializes in Art + Education, engaging students in a range of educational topics through the medium of art. In September 2020 their educational centre, deep in Fermyn Woods, […]
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