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University of Leicester scientists capture Neptune’s auroras for first time using JWST
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/neptune-auroras-first-time-jwst
Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under JWST’s powerful gaze, as team led from University of Leicester observed Neptune using JWST’s near-infrared instrument
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Leicester scientist working with NASA discovers a long-sought global electric field on Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/global-electric-field
A rocket team including a University of Leicester space scientist reports the first successful detection of Earth’s ambipolar electric field: a weak, planet-wide electric field as fundamental as Earth’s gravity and magnetic fields
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Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths’-worth of star every time it passes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/black-hole
Massive burst of X-rays detected by University of Leicester astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth burning up in a black hole.
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Arch-I-Scan’s end-of-the-year-successes – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/01/18/celebrating-end-of-the-year-successes/
The Arch-I-Scan project recounts a few end-of-2020 successes, including a paper presentation at the CAA conference, an interdisciplinary award from the University's Images of Research competition, and the announcement of Professor Ivan Tyukin's Turing AI Fellowship.
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A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/06/20/a-global-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 20, 2018 The main objective of the ‘Carceral Archipelago’ project has been to write the history of convicts and penal colonies into global history, by synthesizing existing research on some geographical contexts...
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Catalan Language and Culture I
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sp2032
Module code: SP2032 Module Aims The course is designed to provide a functional knowledge of the Catalan language as well as an introduction to the basics of Catalan culture.
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EDISeminar: The 2020 Space Census
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/21/ediseminar-the-2020-space-census/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 April 2021 The School’s first EDI seminar is on Monday April 26th, on The 2020 Space Census: Demographics of the UK Space Sector.
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Black History Month event – In Conversation with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/10/12/black-history-month-event-in-conversation-with-dr-maggie-aderin-pocock/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 October 2023 As part of our events to mark Black History Month this October, we’re really excited to have our new Chancellor, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, join us for a very special event on campus on Friday 20...
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Introducing AstRoSoc: Our Astronomy and Rocketry Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/30/introducing-astrosoc-our-astronomy-and-rocketry-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 September 2020 AstRoSoc is the University of Leicester’s Astronomy and Rocketry Society! If your Curiosity has led you to seek a deeper InSight into the Universe around you, we hold regular...
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Trailblazing astrophysicist and champion of women in science to deliver University of Leicester publ
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/05/01/trailblazing-astrophysicist-and-champion-of-women-in-science-to-deliver-university-of-leicester-public-lecture/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 May 2024 Pulsar discoverer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20 th century, has been invited to deliver a keynote...