Each year, the AAS brings volunteers to Washington, DC, to learn how to advocate for science as part of our Congressional Visits Day (CVD). In this guest post, CVD volunteer Lindsey Wiser describes her experience at this year's CVD. #ExploreAstronomyaas.org/posts/advocacy/2024/β¦
The satcon forecast is depressing: doubling time for number of satellites is now only about one year. Much more than astronomy at stake now.
@AAAS_STPF fellow @jsreding from @nsf speaking to @AAS_Policy CVD cohort. Data from @planet4589.
OSC's Mariel Borowitz is at the @UN in Vienna as part of the U.S. delegation to the #COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, working to promote the long term sustainability of space through international collaboration
#COPUOS2024#STSC61#TraCSS
ALT U.S. delegation (18 men & women in business dress) assembled on a stairway
ALT Mariel Borowitz (center) sits on a dias with three other panelists
ALT Selfie of Mariel Borowitz at the United Nations in Vienna building with international flags
The @colgateuniv winters were unbearable but worse were Prof. Balonek's emails--
"IT'S A CLEAR NIGHT FOLKS, I DON'T SEE YOU OBSERVING"
10 years later, Josh Reding and I stand in the humid, sticky DC heat as @AAAS_STPF fellows advising Congress and the @NSF on space.
Congrats to (now) former @NCCommerceOffice & Board of Science, Technology & Innovation #STEMPolicy Fellow, Dr. @jsreding, for continuing his policy career as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow (@AAAS_STPF) in the @NSF's Division of Astronomical Sciences!
On an expedition to Chile to service the @UNC Goodman Spectrograph at the SOAR telescope with graduate students (l to r) Ben Kaiser, Ryan Hegedus, Josh Reding.
Our final NC #STEM Policy Fellow is Joshua Reding, a doctoral candidate in physics and astronomy at @UNC. He studies white dwarf stars, including those that result in failed supernovae, and is working with @NCSTI. π«
Learn more: ow.ly/sAsJ50KrCRb
Our final NC #STEM Policy Fellow is Joshua Reding, a doctoral candidate in physics and astronomy at @UNC. He studies white dwarf stars, including those that result in failed supernovae, and is working with @NCSTI. π«
Learn more: ow.ly/sAsJ50KrCRb
Mark your calendars for May 4 for our last event of spring 2021! This time, we are joined by Dr. Greg Sloan (Space Telescope Science Institute), who will tell us about NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. FREE, all ages, 7-9pm.
Our next AoT event is coming up on Tuesday, April 6! In this special event, we are joined by Alan Rich (@NASAJPL Solar System Ambassador), who will talk about "A New Frontier for Mars Exploration with Perseverance". Don't miss this one! FREE, all ages, 7-9pm.
Our March event is happening TONIGHT with Mugdha Polimera and Zack Hutchens! Join us at 7pm (FREE, all ages) to hear all about the exciting lives of galaxies: youtube.com/watch?v=mmu2tk0jβ¦
In our next rendition of AoT Triangle, we will hear from Zack Hutchens and Mugdha Polimera, UNC Chapel Hill, on the lives of galaxies and their place in the cosmos. This FREE event will be held virtually on March 2, 2021, 7pm EST. RSVP at facebook.com/events/37910940β¦
In our next rendition of AoT Triangle, we will hear from Zack Hutchens and Mugdha Polimera, UNC Chapel Hill, on the lives of galaxies and their place in the cosmos. This FREE event will be held virtually on March 2, 2021, 7pm EST. RSVP at facebook.com/events/37910940β¦
Did you know that the word galaxy is based on the Greek root galaxias, meaning "milky"? Our next event is happening in just one week! FREE, all ages, 7-9pm...
In our next rendition of AoT Triangle, we will hear from Zack Hutchens and Mugdha Polimera, UNC Chapel Hill, on the lives of galaxies and their place in the cosmos. This FREE event will be held virtually on March 2, 2021, 7pm EST. RSVP at facebook.com/events/37910940β¦
Happy Friday! We're bringing our next event to you live on Feb. 2 with Dr. Troxel from Duke University! Join us live to hear of the mysteries of cosmology and gravitation... FREE, all ages, starting at 7pm.
youtube.com/channel/UCopEoK5β¦
Today, we are celebrating and honoring the work of MLK Jr. In astronomy, we have a long walk towards creating an equitable and diverse discipline. King has argued in many sermons how our cosmic position should help dictate our response to injustice.
inverse.com/science/mlk-speeβ¦
We're going nuclear on December 1, our last event in 2020! Join us 7-9pm EST and hear from Robert Janssens about "It's Nuclear: The Hulk, Gamma rays, the Atomic Nucleus, and Shining Stars"!
youtube.com/channel/UCopEoK5β¦
Grad student Evan Ney from the Engel group recently published a large scale calculation of beta decay half lives in @PhysRevC that was chosen as an editor's pick!
journals-aps-org.libproxy.liβ¦
Evan would also like to give credit to his littlest co-author.
Our next event is coming on Tuesday, November 10 --- 7pm LIVE on our youtube channel. We're going to hear from Reece Boston about his talk titled "Time Travel Doesn't Work that Way". We only wish we could fast-forward time up to the event...
youtube.com/channel/UCopEoK5β¦
A preprint out from the Clemens Lab - congrats to grad students Joshua Reding (@jsreding), Ben Kaiser, and Ryan Hegedus!
"Five New Post-Main-Sequence Debris Disk with Gaseous Emission"
arxiv.org/pdf/2010.03693.pdf