A University of Leicester postgraduate student developing a concept for a new telescope to study Jupiter has been recognised with a prestigious national award.
A team led by the University of Leicester has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to capture new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet.
Revealing new views of the swirling vortex of Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot have been unveiled by University of Leicester scientists, who have used JWST to peer deep into the heart of the Solar System’s largest anticyclone.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists led by the University of Leicester observed the region above Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot to discover a variety of previously unseen features. The region, previously believed to be unremarkable in nature, hosts a variety of intricate structures
Planetary scientists from the University of Leicester are today celebrating the successful launch of a mission to investigate the solar system’s largest planet, Jupiter, and its mysterious moons.
Ground-breaking infrared images of Jupiter have been revealed this week as part of a programme of giant planet observations by the world-famous space telescope.
