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• Scientists to share science behind James Webb Space Telescope this half term

  Date: 21 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/galaxies-assemble

  Space scientists from the University of Leicester will demonstrate the cutting-edge science behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the...

• Researchers call for armchair astronomers to help find unknown hidden worlds

  Date: 20 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/zooniverse

  Astronomers have launched a new online initiative, calling for volunteers to come forward and help to search for planets beyond our Solar System.

• Excitement builds for launch of James Webb Space Telescope

  Date: 16 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/jwst-launch

  Space scientists from across the globe are counting down to the launch of the most advanced observatory ever built.

• Leicester to lead Royal Astronomical Society livestream of Uranus

  Date: 5 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/uranus-live

  Astronomers and planetary scientists from the University of Leicester are to lead dedicated livestream observations of Uranus in partnership with...

• Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain

  Date: 4 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil

  Palaeobiologists have unearthed the earliest evidence yet of hippos in the UK.

• First glimpse of Mercury for BepiColombo

  Date: 28 Sep 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/bepicolombo-mercury

  The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury, carrying instrumentation created with Leicester expertise, will make the first of six flybys of its...

• Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award honour for Dr Suzie Imber

  Date: 24 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/suzie-imber-rosalind-franklin

  Dr Suzanne (Suzie) Imber, Associate Professor in Space Physics at the University of Leicester has been named as this year’s recipient of the...

• New Leicester schools scheme to open space aspirations

  Date: 18 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/open-space

  A new University of Leicester scheme, backed by the UK Space Agency, will enhance STEM skills for primary schoolchildren across Leicester,...

• Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini

  Date: 2 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/santorini

  The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature...

• Leicester scientists look to Venus for close-range BepiColombo flyby

  Date: 23 Jul 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/bepicolombo-venus

  Planetary scientists at the University of Leicester are braced for a flood of new data from one of the closest-ever flybys of Venus.