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• 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.

• Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition

  Date: 6 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod

  Palaeobiologists have uncovered the earliest evidence of a major group of marine animals making the transition to estuaries, more than 400 million...

• 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 £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  Date: 18 Nov 2021

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

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.

• 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.

• Juno peers deep into Jupiter’s colourful belts and zones

  Date: 28 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/juno-belts-zones

  Leicester study of data captured in orbit around Jupiter has revealed new insights into what’s happening deep beneath the gas giant’s distinctive...

• 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...