We highlight Leicester’s involvement in the James Webb Space Telescope, the ambitious new infrared telescope launching in 2021 – with the #CuppaScience Podcast with Naomi Rowe-Gurney.
Grab a cuppa and join us for #cuppascience – an informal science chat live from the comfort of your own home! In July 2020, Naomi Rowe-Gurney (@NRoweGurney), a PhD student from the University of Leicester, shared what we hope to achieve in solar-system science from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Naomi explores the atmospheres of the Ice Giants Uranus and Neptune using the Spitzer Space Telescope.
The UK led the building of one of the Webb instruments (MIRI) http://jwst.org.uk. Leicester provides the Mechanical Engineering Lead for the Mid Infrared Instrument (MIRI), and as such will be among the first universities in the world to observe with this new facility, providing access to a host of new discoveries in astronomy and planetary science.
Visit https://jwst.org.uk/people/ to watch videos from Leicester’s Piyal Samara-Ratna and Naomi Rowe-Gurney.
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