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1. New human evolution gallery at the World Museum Liverpool opened with a bang!

   Discover the intertwined history of our species. A new free gallery officially opened at the World Museum Liverpool on 6th September 2019. The opening was marked by a family event: Human Evolution Festival, but the gallery is now open to the public and an activity trail will be available soon. Where do we come from? What makes us human? These fundamental mysteries have shaped the study of human origins for centuries. Trace our species’ evolution from the first upright primate through to modern humans.

2. Astronomers catch Tatooine multiple star system as it forms

   For the first time astronomers, including Dr Richard Parker, of the Astrophysics Research Institute at LJMU, have caught a multiple-star system as it is created, and their observations are providing new insight into how such systems, and possibly the solar system, are formed. The amazing images taken from a series of telescopes on Earth show clouds of gas which are in the process of developing into stars.

3. Liverpool teen on shortlist of three for global Peace Prize

   Aaron Scarth's campaign for rights of children of prisoners dovetails with research in LJMU's School of Education and Screen School

4. Magnetic fields "central to creation of Milky Way"

   Study in Nature Astronomy tracks role of hidden force in star and planet formation and more

5. Life on the ocean wave

   Exhibition celebrates Cunard’s 175th anniversary

6. Tales from the Liverpool Telescope

   Read more about the search for other Earths at the Cosford Air Show.

7. New Scientist backs LJMU 'big idea'

   A LJMU ‘big idea’ has been selected as one of the most innovative of the year by New Scientist.

8. VC's delight as 400 staff push for an outstanding student experience

   Mark Power opens joyful event which saw hundreds of staff reunited

9. Shipping Minister Robert Goodwill MP opens LJMU new look maritime hub

   LJMU welcomes Shipping Minister to new look maritime hub

10. Pregnancy and elite sport - report

    Dr Kelly Massey, LJMU and Dr Emma Pullen Loughborough, interviewed athletes and their partners t gauge issues and support during and post pregnancy.