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Read more at: Discovery of Stars Forming in Galactic Winds
Discovery of Stars Forming in Galactic Winds

Discovery of Stars Forming in Galactic Winds

24 March 2017

A group of astronomers, led by Roberto Maiolino , has discovered the formation of stars in the fast winds expelled by a galaxy and most likely driven by a supermassive black hole. This is a completely new mode of star formation in which stars form at high speed, and may even escape the galaxy. This mode of star formation...

Read more at: Members of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology join the Simons Observatory
Members of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology join the Simons Observatory

Members of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology join the Simons Observatory

23 March 2017

Several members of KICC have recently joined the Simons Observatory , a new astronomy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert that will expand existing efforts to explore the evolution of the universe from its earliest moments to today. The Simons Observatory will be located in the high Atacama Desert in Northern Chile inside...

Read more at: Will a New Discovery Fast-track Our Understanding of the Origins of Galaxies and Gargantuan Black Holes?
Will a New Discovery Fast-track Our Understanding of the Origins of Galaxies and Gargantuan Black Holes?

Will a New Discovery Fast-track Our Understanding of the Origins of Galaxies and Gargantuan Black Holes?

10 March 2017

Thanks to a record haul of new, ultra-distant quasars—powerhouses of light from the farthest reaches of the universe—astrophysicists can now piece together the rise of mighty objects in the early cosmos. THE DISCOVERY OF MORE THAN 60 QUASARS —stupendously bright regions in the cores of galaxies, powered by gargantuan black...

Read more at: Newly discovered planets could have water on their surfaces
Newly discovered planets could have water on their surfaces

Newly discovered planets could have water on their surfaces

23 February 2017

An international team of astronomers has found a system of seven potentially habitable planets orbiting a star 39 light years away three of which could have water on their surfaces raising the possibility they could host life. Using ground and space telescopes, the team identified the planets as they passed in front of the...

Read more at: First Euclid Flight Hardware Delivered
First Euclid Flight Hardware Delivered

First Euclid Flight Hardware Delivered

8 February 2017

07 February 2017 An important milestone has been passed in the development of Euclid, a pioneering ESA mission to observe billions of faint galaxies and investigate the nature of dark matter and dark energy. The first flight hardware, in the form of four detectors known as Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs), has been delivered...

Read more at: Two-Year Extensions Confirmed for ESA's Science Missions
Two-Year Extensions Confirmed for ESA's Science Missions

Two-Year Extensions Confirmed for ESA's Science Missions

24 November 2016

After a comprehensive review of their current operational status and the likely scientific return from each mission, the SPC decided to extend the operation of six ESA-led missions ( Cluster , INTEGRAL , Mars Express , PROBA-2 , SOHO and XMM-Newton ) from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018. The go-ahead was also given to...

Read more at: SKA's 400 AAVS1 antennas on their way from Cambridge to Western Australia
SKA's 400 AAVS1 antennas on their way from Cambridge to Western Australia

SKA's 400 AAVS1 antennas on their way from Cambridge to Western Australia

21 November 2016

444 units of the latest version of the SKALA antenna elements designed at Cavendish Astrophysics for the SKA-LOW telescope are currently on their way from Cambridge to Western Australia. The picture shows the position of the ship this morning (4th of November 2016) carrying the antenna elements. These antennas will form...

Read more at: HERA joins the SKA as a precursor
HERA joins the SKA as a precursor

HERA joins the SKA as a precursor

21 November 2016

The Hydrogen Epoch of Re-ionization array ( HERA ) has just joined the family of SKA precursors. HERA, which is being built in the Karoo reserve in South Africa, targets the detection of the Epoch of Re-ionization (EoR) signal and will produce fundamental contributions to the understanding of the science and the...

Read more at: Roberto Maiolino awarded ERC Advanced Grant
Roberto Maiolino awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Roberto Maiolino awarded ERC Advanced Grant

21 November 2016

Prof. Roberto Maiolino has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), one of the most competitive categories of grants in Europe. The grant, entitled ‘QUENCH’, is aimed at investigating the mechanisms responsible for quenching star formation in galaxies and transforming them from star forming...

Read more at: First MaNGA-SDSS4 data release
First MaNGA-SDSS4 data release

First MaNGA-SDSS4 data release

21 November 2016

MaNGA data are available for the first time in SDSS Data Release 13

 

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