Leicester researchers studying the Earth’s surface temperature have warned the more frequent extreme weather the world is experiencing will soon reach a tipping point if carbon emissions are not reduced.
An agri-tech start-up working to eradicate global agricultural waste with support from Space Park Leicester has been accepted on to one of the UK Space Agency’s most prestigious business support programmes.
A first of its kind consortium of more than 30 leading research and science institutions has been backed by £6.5 million to help provide all four UK governments with rapid response evidence on addressing land use as a major greenhouse gas emitter.
The spectacular light displays of the aurora borealis will be the focus of a prestigious lecture to be given by a University of Leicester space scientist for the Royal Astronomical Society
Earth observation scientists in Leicester release new series of images that paint a picture of our climate vulnerability.
An innovative start-up on a mission to make space more accessible to businesses is now taking advantage of world-leading facilities at Space Park Leicester.
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.
Space innovators, government officials and entrepreneurs from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Africa visited Space Park Leicester and the National Space Centre during the UK-Africa Space-Technology Knowledge Exchange.
A space scientist, whose influence has reached throughout the solar system, and the University’s Chancellor, who encourages students to ‘reach for the stars’, are among this year’s recipients of New Year’s Honours.
A behind-the-scenes account of Leicester’s role in one of the most innovative missions to explore life on Mars has been released online just days before the mission landing’s 20th anniversary.
