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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

Irish space scientists develop new project using AI to forecast space weather

Space scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) have developed a new project, using artificial intelligence, which will allow them to give faster and more accurate warnings about powerful explosions on the Sun, known as solar… Read More

Dr Hans Huybrighs

Name: Hans Huybrighs Title: DIAS Astrophysics Research Fellow Email: hans@cp.dias.ie Address: School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 15, Ireland. Research Interests: Biographical Sketch: Dr. Huybrighs’ research focuses on the moons of the outer planets and… Read More

Daragh Hollman

Name: Daragh Hollman Title: Research Intern Email: dhollman@cp.dias.ie Address: School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 15, Ireland. Daragh Hollman is three years into his undergraduate degree in Physics with Astronomy and… Read More

2023-06-12 Benoit Tabone (Paris-Saclay University)

Early results of the GTO-MIRI MINDS programme on planet-forming disks Abstract:  Planets form, migrate, and obtain their elemental composition in disks orbiting young stars (a few Myrs). The elemental composition of gas and solids in disks is expected… Read More

DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics Summer Studentships – close date is 2023-06-16

As part of the DIAS Summer Studentships programme, DIAS Astrophysics is delighted to offer two Summer Studentships to work in the Solar Physics and Space Weather Research Group on the development of our ionospheric detectors (https://www.dunsink.dias.ie/supersid/). DIAS Astrophysics… Read More

2023-06-07 Ian Dobbs-Dixon (NYU Abu Dhabi)

Probing the Multidimensional Nature of Atmospheres of Hot Jupiters Abstract: By far, the most thoroughly observationally and theoretically characterized extrasolar planets are the class of short-period, highly irradiated, gas-giant planets. Though much of our understanding of atmospheric dynamics… Read More

Taoiseach launches strategic North-South astronomy partnership

A new collaboration between three historic observatories on the island of Ireland was officially launched at a reception attended by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, held at the House of Lords, Bank of Ireland College Green on Friday,… Read More