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2023-09-26 John Coxon (Northumbria University)

The distribution of Birkeland currents in time and space Abstract: Birkeland currents communicate information between the magnetopause and the rest of the magnetosphere, flowing along magnetic field lines at Earth. These currents which underpin solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, and are… Read More

2023-09-28 Maria-Theresia Walach (Lancaster University)

The Eye of the Geomagnetic Storm: Electrodynamics at High-Latitudes during Geomagnetic Storm Abstract:  The Earth’s magnetosphere is coupled to the solar wind, and the ionosphere. The solar wind-magnetosphere coupling gives rise to electrical currents which flow through the… Read More

2023-05-15 Mary Knapp (MIT Haystack Observatory)

AERO-VISTA: mapping the Earth’s auroral radio emissions Abstract: AERO-VISTA is a twin CubeSat space mission that will use a novel vector sensor antenna along with traditional interferometry methods to map the Earth’s radio auroral emissions – auroral roar, hiss,… Read More

2023-09-05 David Long (Queens University Belfast)

The eruption of a magnetic flux rope observed by Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe Abstract: Magnetic flux ropes are a key component of coronal mass ejections, forming the core of these eruptive phenomena. However, determining whether a flux… Read More

A star is born: Irish scientists capture a stellar birth using the James Webb Space Telescope

A team of astronomers led by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) have captured one of the most advanced images of a stellar birth ever taken. The research observations, which were led by Tom Ray, Senior Professor… Read More

Ariel Passes Major Milestone

Ariel, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) next-generation mission to observe the chemical make-up of distant extrasolar planets, has passed a major milestone after successfully completing its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The successful completion of the PDR marks a… Read More

Capturing the night sky: DIAS Reach for the Stars 2023 Results

‘M51 – A Galactic Dance’ and ‘Ghost Ship’ have been selected as the 2023 winning images in the ‘Reach for the Stars’ astrophotography competition, run by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Taking the first prize in the… Read More

Water discovered in rocky planet-forming zone offers clues on habitability

DIAS researchers Prof Tom Ray and Dr Donna Rodgers-Lee are involved in a new study using JWST observations to find water for the first time in the inner disk around a young star with giant planets. Using the… Read More

Dr Robert Brose

Name: Robert Brose Title: IRC GOIPD Postdoctoral Fellow E-Mail: broserob@cp.dias.ie Address: School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 15, Ireland. Personal website: homepages.dias.ie/broserob ORCID: 0000-0002-8312-6930

Dr Johanna Vos

Name: Johanna Vos Title: Royal Society – Science Foundation Ireland University Research Fellow E-Mail: jvos@cp.dias.ie Address: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Cosmic Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, D02 XF86, Ireland Personal website:… Read More