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• Gaia Data Release 3: New space data serves as ‘complete step change’ in understanding of our Universe

  Date: 13 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/gaia-dr3

  Space scientists have today (Monday) announced the discovery of a ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting a white dwarf, the first detected using direct...

• Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene

  Date: 18 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/anthropocene-berlin

  Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our...

• Arctic rocket launch could uncover unique features of Earth’s life-sustaining atmosphere

  Date: 12 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/endurance-launch

  A Leicester expert in space weather has helped launch a NASA mission from deep within the Arctic Circle which could uncover unique features of our...

• James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures first star

  Date: 28 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-first-image

  The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  Date: 15 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the...

• Leicester space scientists celebrate milestone moment for James Webb Space Telescope

  Date: 14 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-cooldown

  The cooling down of the UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope has been hailed as a milestone moment by its creators at the...

• Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures

  Date: 11 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/neptune-temperature

  New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester has revealed how temperatures in Neptune’s atmosphere have unexpectedly...

• What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before

  Date: 16 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles

  New research led by palaeobiologists at the University of Leicester has identified startling similarities between the mouths of grasshoppers and...

• Tim Peake to feature on expert panel: ‘What can space do for us?’

  Date: 9 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/space-park-conversations-tech

  Experts from the worlds of science and technology including ESA astronaut Tim Peake will join a special panel discussion at the launch of Space...

• Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets

  Date: 1 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/webb-fellow

  An early-career planetary scientist has been awarded the third-ever Webb Fellowship and will study the atmospheres of giant planets using the...