Skip to main content

Entries for 'Astronomy and astrophysics'

Exploring Space since 1960 episode 1 image

Emeritus Professor Ken Pounds discusses over 60 years of space exploration

In this first episode, Professor Ken Pounds, founding father of space research at Leicester, talks to Professor Turi King about...

More

Exploring Space since 1960 episode 2 image

Emeritus Professor Ken Pounds discusses over 60 years of space exploration

In the second episode, hear about missions, space science and research discoveries.

More

Exploring solar systems image

Exploring solar systems

Professor Emma Bunce, President of the Royal Astronomy Society (May 2020 and May 2022) and Head of the School of...

More

Sounds from space Ganymede image

Sounds from space – Ganymede

Are there sounds in space? Take a listen to plasma wave data whose frequency has been shifted into the audio...

More

60 years in Space

Did you know that the past 60 years has seen a University of Leicester built instrument operating in Space? In 1960 the space research team was founded at the...

More

Bepi Colombo: MIXS – Space

Professor Emma Bunce, President of the Royal Astronomy Society (May 2020 and May 2022) and Head of the School of...

More

Dr Harjinder Sembhi #WomenInStem image

Dr Harjinder Sembhi: WomenInSTEM

I am a remote sensing scientist and I use data collected by satellites that look down at the Earth to understand changes to our climate and...

More

arrow-downarrow-down-3arrow-down-2arrow-down-4arrow-leftarrow-left-3arrow-left-2arrow-leftarrow-left-4arrow-rightarrow-right-3arrow-right-2arrow-right-4arrow-uparrow-up-3arrow-up-2arrow-up-4book-2bookbuildingscalendar-2calendarcirclecrosscross-2facebookfat-l-1fat-l-2filtershead-2headinstagraminstagraminstagramlinkedinlinkedinmenuMENUMenu Arrowminusminusrotator-pausec pausepinrotator-playplayc playplussearchsnapchatsnapchatthin-l-1thin-l-2ticktweettwittertwittertwitterwechatweiboweiboyoutubeyoutube