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Thought piece: The sociological story of space travel
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Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice, of our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, provides a...
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Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is delighted to announce that its new Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre...
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Astronomers see “warm†glow of Uranus’s rings
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The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly...
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The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the Neptunian Desert
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New research by an international group of researchers, including Dr Matt Burleigh and Dr Emma Longstaff of the Department of Physics and Astronomy...
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Physics students take off
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David Jessop, Jamie Macquillin and Lewis Jackson were selected for the trip alongside 20 other students from across Europe.
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NASA and European Space Agency visit Leicester for Mars workshop
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Planetary scientists from across the globe, including representatives from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA and European Space Agency, visited...
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UK scientists generate electricity from rare element to power future space missions
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Experts have generated electricity from a rare chemical element for the first time which may mean future space missions can be powered for up to...
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New battlefields: the reality of space warfare
/news/2019/april/30-new-battlefields-reality-space-warfare
Dr Bleddyn Bowen from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was interviewed by Forces Network for a special feature on the...
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Attenborough Arts to host British artist’s largest solo exhibition
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A new exhibition of the work of renowned British artist Aaron Williamson opens at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Attenborough Arts Centre on...
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New Â鶹ÊÓƵ-led research project to monitor wetlands from space
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A new Earth observation for wetlands project led by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, in conjunction with the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife...