NASA expert to deliver James Webb Science talk
A leading figure from NASA’s headquarters in Washington will explore the science from the James Webb Space Telescope at Space Park Leicester next month.
A leading figure from NASA’s headquarters in Washington will explore the science from the James Webb Space Telescope at Space Park Leicester next month.
Exploring Mars and the latest results from the ground-breaking James Webb Space Telescope will be among the hot topics up for discussion at a major conference coming to Leicester.
A team of Leicester astronomers have been given observation time on the James Webb Space Telescope. Their successful proposals were among 1,931 submissions.
Space Park Leicester is establishing a new collaboration with AWE which will explore manufacturing development, testing and qualification methods to support future space science and exploration missions. The collaboration will bring additional employment opportunities to Leicester.
A University of Leicester space scientist is part of an international team that has discovered ‘sand clouds’ on a planet orbiting a nearby star, using an instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope that University engineers and scientists helped design and develop.
While the UK has been experiencing warm autumnal weather, a team of planetary scientists has found that Saturn’s late northern summer is experiencing a cooling trend, as huge planetary-scale flows of air have reversed direction as autumn approaches.
Engineers in Leicester involved in the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission say it is ‘only just getting started’ as it approaches a landmark anniversary.
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant planet outside our solar system – and unlike anything in it – to reveal what is likely a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere.
Piyal Samara-Ratna, Principal Engineer at Space Park Leicester, has been named as a finalist in the Enginuity Skills Awards, widely recognised as the most prestigious awards in the UK engineering and manufacturing sector, celebrating the best and brightest talent in the industry.
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.