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• Major milestone caps off ‘amazing few weeks’ for JWST scientists

  Date: 21 Feb 2022

  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...

• Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae, study finds

  Date: 8 Feb 2022

  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.

• Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere

  Date: 3 Feb 2022

  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...

• Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers

  Date: 28 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero

  There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about how the landscape is managed if the UK is to reach...

• €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

  Date: 20 Jan 2022

  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...

• Royal Astronomical Society award for Leicester space scientist

  Date: 14 Jan 2022

  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...

• Leicester space scientists celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

  Date: 25 Dec 2021

  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.

• Leicester Physics students ‘prove’ Santa’s Christmas magic is REAL

  Date: 21 Dec 2021

  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.

• Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

  Date: 24 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics

  New research has shed light on a sudden cooling event 34 million years ago, which contributed to formation of the Antarctic ice sheets.

• Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’

  Date: 9 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir

  A major new space telescope searching for ‘Earth 2.