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Researchers urged to take part in new competitions

Experts at Space Park Leicester are running a series of competitions to celebrate the wide-ranging contributions of researchers to society.

Industry urged to support research to help businesses working in demanding environments

Businesses are being encouraged to play a role in new research looking at how artificial intelligence could help organisations working in demanding environments.

Space research legacy explored in UK Space Agency and DSIT visit to University of Leicester’s space hub

The University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy welcomed senior staff from the UK Space Agency and Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) for a visit that explored the past, present and future of space research at the University.

Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks

Researchers in Leicester are leading an international project using satellites to help curb methane emissions from landfill sites.

Research group including University of Leicester astronomers receives one of the world’s largest research prizes

University of Leicester space scientists are part of an international collaboration awarded the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s inaugural Into Change Award. The research group ENGRAVE has solved a mystery that has captivated scientists for more than half a century: Where do we all come from? The discovery has earned the group one of the world’s largest research prizes, the Into Change Award, worth DKK 8 million (around £940,000 GBP).

Cutting edge environmental space research to be showcased at free event

Leicester researchers who are tracing forest carbon from space to understand the contributions forests make to climate change will share their latest findings in a free talk.

Leicester PhD student sets her sights on success thanks to award for telescope research

A University of Leicester postgraduate student developing a concept for a new telescope to study Jupiter has been recognised with a prestigious national award.

Space Park Leicester to showcase world leading research and missions at national conference

Leading space experts from Leicester will reveal their involvement in research and missions that are expanding our knowledge and helping us to tackle some of our planet’s biggest challenges at the UK Space Conference 2025 this week.

Leicester researchers shed new light on extragalactic event

Experts from the University of Leicester and have shed new light on our understanding of an extragalactic burst of X-rays known as an Fast X-ray Transient (FXT).

Zeeko take up cutting-edge research lab at Space Park Leicester

An award-winning global leader in ultra-precision polishing technology, has taken occupation of a research lab at the University of Leicester’s prestigious £100 million space research and innovation facility.