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Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/engineering-the-past
An interdisciplinary team of researchers will look to identify ways of tackling the climate crisis at an international conference hosted at the...
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Tim Peake to feature on expert panel: ‘What can space do for us?’
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...
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Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets
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...
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Major milestone caps off ‘amazing few weeks’ for JWST scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jwst-image-array
Leicester scientists have shared their excitement at the latest major milestone for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most advanced space...
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/saturn-aurorae
Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
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Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jupiter-tug-of-war
New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, using a...
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€1.5 million award to study birth of planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant
Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost...
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Royal Astronomical Society award for Leicester space scientist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/ras-fowler-award
A researcher from the University of Leicester has been recognised by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for her ‘significant contribution’ to...
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Leicester space scientists celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/jwst-launch
Space scientists at the University of Leicester are celebrating the launch of the most advanced space observatory ever built.
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Leicester Physics students ‘prove’ Santa’s Christmas magic is REAL
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/christmas-magic
A group of Physics students at the University of Leicester have ‘proved’ that there is such a thing as Santa’s Christmas magic.