Ground-breaking images of space, unlocking the secrets of 7th century Ireland, and the country’s first underground seismic station The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is reflecting on a successful year for the organisation, which included a number… Read More
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Last Updated: 9th February 2023 by Sophie Murray
2023-02-07 Neale Gibson (TCD)
Atmospheres of alien worlds: challenges and opportunities with transmission spectroscopy of extrasolar planets Abstract: Radial velocity and transit surveys have revealed a large and diverse population of exoplanets in our Galaxy, but to truly understand them we need spectra… Read More
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Posted: 27th January 2023 by Sophie Murray
2023-02-02 Jessica Dempsey (ASTRON)
Harnessing the opportunities in the approaching radio astronomy renaissance Abstract: Radio astronomy is about to step into a new era of technical and scientific capability. ASTRON leads the expansion of LOFAR, while SKA enters construction of the largest radio… Read More
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Last Updated: 16th January 2023 by Sophie Murray
2023-01-24 Olivier Asin (DESY)
Gone with the breeze: A subsonic outflow solution to the Fermi bubble problem Abstract: The origin of the Fermi bubble, which constitute two gamma-ray emitting lobes above and below the Galactic plane, remains unclear. The possibility that this Fermi… Read More
DIAS reflects on significant milestones of 2022
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Last Updated: 6th July 2023 by Michelle Tobin
Ground-breaking images of space, unlocking the secrets of 7th century Ireland, and the country’s first underground seismic station The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is reflecting on a successful year for the organisation, which included a number… Read More
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Posted: 14th November 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-11-22 Kamber Schwarz (Max Plank Institute)
The Evolution of Volatile Carbon During Planet Formation Abstract: Planets are formed in protoplanetary disks of gas and dust around young stars. Where and when a planet forms determines its ultimate composition. However, our ability to determine exoplanet compositions… Read More
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Posted: 2nd November 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-11-15 Dr Andy Smith (Northumbria)
Space Weather Forecasting: Sudden Commencements and Machine Learning Abstract: Rapid changes in the surface geomagnetic field can induce potentially damaging currents in artificial conductors on the ground. There are a large range of magnetospheric phenomena that can cause such… Read More
Samhain agus Science 2022 Line Up
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Last Updated: 16th March 2023 by Michelle Tobin
From pagan astronomers to Medieval fantasy, DIAS reveals line-up for 2022 Samhain agus Science Festival Life on other planets, what the ancient pagan astronomers of Ireland taught us, and the food and fantasies of Medieval Ireland are just… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-10-25 Affelia Wibisono (MSSL/UCL)
Using Multi-Spacecraft Measurements to Shed Light on Jupiter’s Auroral and Disk X-ray Emissions Abstract: The shimmering, dancing curtains of light from our planet’s aurorae have mesmerised people for generations. However, it wasn’t until 1979 that the first extra-terrestrial aurora… Read More
Samhain agus Science 2022
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Last Updated: 6th July 2023 by Michelle Tobin
Samhain agus Science, now in its 5th year, is an annual initiative of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies taking place each year during Halloween. From spooky science to the mysteries of the Celtic festival of Samhain, DIAS… Read More
Columbia-DIAS-Yale Initiative Update
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Last Updated: 9th November 2023 by Sophie Murray
Updated 09 November 2023: The Columbia-DIAS-Yale (CDY) Initiative is a series of seminars and meetings established by Columbia University (New York), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Dublin), and Yale University (New Haven). After a summer break the seminar… Read More
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