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Photonect Interconnect Solutions Inc. Co-Founder Marinus Consulting LLC, Owner Jim Oschmann, past president of SPIE, the International Society of Optics and Photonics, is a retired executive from Ball Aerospace. Prior to joining Ball Aerospace in 2004, Oschmann served in varied positions in the science, commercial and aerospace industries. Jim worked for AURA as the Gemini […] The post Jacobus…
STIC Chair SRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands Michael Wise is the General and Scientific Director of SRON, Space Research Organisation Netherlands, and Professor of High Energy Astrophysics at the University of Amsterdam. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1992. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Kitt Peak National Observatory, he joined the […] The post Michael…
he wait is over: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, is now capturing the cosmos in unprecedented detail, transforming the way we study the dynamic Universe. The post Action! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Begins Capturing the Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made appeared first on AURA Astronomy .
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected — ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the big bang. That galaxy contains tightly clustered young stars that produce ionizing light capable of transforming the opaque, neutral gas within and immediately around the galaxy, clearing our view. The post Hubble Details Early…
As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began moving away from the Sun in December 2025, astronomers took the opportunity to turn NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope in its direction and capture detailed measurements of its chemical components. The comet was freshly warmed from its closest pass by the Sun, and its ancient ice had been converted to a bright coma of gas ideal for observation. The post…
A team of astronomers has identified a remarkably bright, gravitationally-lensed, star-forming galaxy as the likely source of the high-energy neutrino event IC 210922A, detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 2021. The galaxy, nicknamed “Shadow Blaster,” is located about 11 billion light-years away, providing the most concrete observational evidence yet that populations of distant…
Solar flares are a well-recognized component of space weather, yet operational flare forecasting often fails when the source region of the flares lies near or just beyond the Sun’s visible “edges”, or solar limbs. Two major advances over the past decade have now been combined to demonstrate an approach for predicting these “limb flares,” which can still significantly disrupt communication systems.…
As President of AURA, I have been privileged to be part of a truly transformational period in astronomy. Together with all of AURA’s Centers, we have embarked on groundbreaking projects that are expanding our understanding of the Universe and, closer to home, revealing how the Sun’s magnetic fields channel energy into flares and heat the corona. The post Letter from AURA President Matt Mountain…
AURA, headquartered in Washington D.C., manages world-class astronomical Centers for both the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Our Centers enable the next decade of astronomical discoveries through world-class facilities and science. The post About AURA appeared first on AURA Astronomy .
NSF NOIRLab is the preeminent U.S. national center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy. NOIRLab enables breakthrough discoveries in astrophysics by developing and operating state-of-the-art observatories and providing data products and services for the astronomical community. The post NSF NOIRLab appeared first on AURA Astronomy .
