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• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  Date: 15 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the...

• Leicester space scientists celebrate milestone moment for James Webb Space Telescope

  Date: 14 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-cooldown

  The cooling down of the UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope has been hailed as a milestone moment by its creators at the...

• Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures

  Date: 11 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/neptune-temperature

  New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester has revealed how temperatures in Neptune’s atmosphere have unexpectedly...

• What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before

  Date: 16 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles

  New research led by palaeobiologists at the University of Leicester has identified startling similarities between the mouths of grasshoppers and...

• Tim Peake to feature on expert panel: ‘What can space do for us?’

  Date: 9 Mar 2022

  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...

• Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets

  Date: 1 Mar 2022

  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...

• 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...

• Geologists uncover ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for precious metals in Earth’s crust

  Date: 31 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/goldilocks-zone

  Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.