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• New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images

  New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet

• Leicester scientists voyage to Hawai’ian fossil coral reefs to find window into the past and future

  Date: 30 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/hawaii-expedition-coral

  International expedition off the coast of Hawai’i includes researchers from University of Leicester, with the aim of recovering coral reef fossils...

• Spaceport voyage inspires University of Leicester’s ‘galactic scholars’

  Date: 9 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/virgin-galactic-scholarships

  University of Leicester physics students travel to Spaceport America, the home of Virgin Galactic in New Mexico supported by a Galactic Unite...

• Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution

  Date: 21 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/house-of-lords

  Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution

• Explore new worlds with Leicester space scientists at National Space Centre’s UK in Space Festival

  Date: 26 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/space-festival-nsc

  University of Leicester researchers will join experts at a National Space Centre event for space enthusiasts of all ages.

• UK’s AI ‘twin’ will use big data to show the way to net zero

  Date: 14 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/ai-twin-net-zero

  New research project at University of Leicester will use artificial intelligence to inform more environmentally-friendly land use in the UK, and...

• A team of UK scientists have been monitoring the devastating smoke plume in Canada and North America

  Date: 12 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nceo-wildfire-monitoring

  A team of scientists from the National Centre for Earth Observation, based at the University of Leicester, has been monitoring the devastating...

• Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno

  Date: 12 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno

  New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare.

• Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes

  Date: 17 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/south-africa-lakes

  Arid regions of South Africa were once home to lakes, a University of Leicester-led study has confirmed.

• ‘Alien weather forecast’ by Leicester scientist provides insight into distant world

  Date: 10 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/subneptune-weather

  New observations of a planet surrounded by mysterious haze benefit from modelling work by a University of Leicester researcher.