Leicester experts involved in mission to fill gap in Solar System science
A leading Leicester researcher will give a free talk on an exciting new space mission which will use a cutting-edge x-ray telescope developed in the city.
A leading Leicester researcher will give a free talk on an exciting new space mission which will use a cutting-edge x-ray telescope developed in the city.
Experts from the first commercial company to soft land a spacecraft on the Moon will explain how it can help to unlock the mysteries of the Solar System at a special event organised by Space Park Leicester.
An international team of researchers, including astronomers from the University of Leicester, has successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b.
The first images taken by an explosion-hunting space telescope that was built with the help of University of Leicester scientists have been released.
A leading figure from NASA’s headquarters in Washington will explore the science from the James Webb Space Telescope at Space Park Leicester next month.
School children and members of the community descended on Space Park Leicester to take part in a major Earth Day celebration.
Wading through the wealth of data from ESA’s Gaia mission, a team of scientists including astronomers from the University of Leicester have uncovered a ‘sleeping giant’: a large black hole, with a mass of nearly 33 times the mass of the Sun, hiding in the
University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the beginning of the Solar System
Intensive new nano-analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite by a team including University of Leicester scientists has revealed how it was affected by water and repeatedly smashed apart and reassembled on the journey it took through space before landing in an English sheep field in 2021.
Exploring Mars and the latest results from the ground-breaking James Webb Space Telescope will be among the hot topics up for discussion at a major conference coming to Leicester.