01/05/2026
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Imaging the Invisible: Leicester engineer at the forefront of SMILE’s mission to decode space weather
Imaging the Invisible: Leicester engineer at the forefront of SMILE’s mission to decode space weather
Space scientists at the University of Leicester are eagerly awaiting the launch of a new satellite that promises to reveal the inner workings of the Earth’s ‘magnetic shield’ that protects us from our Sun’s radiation.
A cutting-edge telescope developed by experts at the University of Leicester for the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission will launch next Spring following the successful completion of a 10-month Assembly Integration and Testing phase. The research group ENGRAVE has solved a mystery that
Experts from Space Park Leicester will reveal what it is like to fly around the Earth’s magnetic field at an exclusive evening of science, comedy, arts and discovery in London next month.
Space Park Leicester’s ground-breaking work on the Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission will be featured in ESA’s new video series, with the first episode premiering this week.
How the Sun influences the atmosphere, space weather and habitability of a planet, as well as the space between the stars, could be investigated by two proposed UK space missions, led by the University of Leicester.
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.
Work on building a cutting-edge x-ray telescope has been completed and the final instrument handed over, to be integrated into a spacecraft that will make new insights into the solar winds that bombard our planet’s magnetosphere.
A cutting-edge x-ray telescope has shaken off a test that put it through the rigours of being launched into space, in a major milestone for a mission to study the effects of the solar wind.