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ALT Black background with text in white and teal stating "Solar System/Planetary Astronomy PhD Project - Into the Rubinverse: Exploring the Solar System with the First Data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory . Advisor: Dr. Meg Schwamb" and on the bottom left is a picture of a large teal telescope in a dome with teal bars on the edges of the dome. The right side has an artist rendition of the night sky with the silhouette of the Rubin Observatory. The sky is tiled with the shape of the observatory's camera footprint with small asteroids drawn in one of the footprints.
ALT Image of Ken Smith and David Young, joint-recipients of the Technician Award as part of the IOP Awards 2024, for internationally recognised technical expertise, exceptional software skills and dedication to astrophysics.
ALT The image shows a disk of stellar material around a black hole, with a neighbouring star colliding and flying through it. The black hole halfway down the right edge appears as a jet-black semicircle capped by pale blue light. The disk obscures its lower half, which is viewed edge-on as a swirling band of yellow, orange, and red gas stretching diagonally from the middle right to the lower left. Near the lower left, the disk's outer edge overlaps with a bright blue sphere, representing a neighbouring star crashing through the debris. The disk is the remnants of a destroyed star, with electric blue and white waves marking the hottest gas. As the star passes, it leaves a trail of gas and emits X-rays, detected by Chandra. An inset in the upper left shows a close-up of the source in X-ray (purple) and optical light (white and beige). Image credit: NASA
ALT Image shows an artist's impression of the Hera 'CubeSats' and their rocky target destination pillars. Credit: ESA
ALT Image shows an artist's impression of the Hera 'CubeSats' and their rocky target destination pillars. Credit: ESA
ALT A photo of a rocketship container branded with the European Space Agency and Hera mission logos in a storage room
ALT Image shows Professor Francis Keenan and Ted. They are both wearing Graduation gowns.
ALT Image shows a red square with white text that says: “Queen’s has made a huge impact on my life. As has ‘Ted’ of School - the driving force behind my most recent work...” Professor Francis Keenan Retired Director of Astrophysics & Legacy Pledger
