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2022-02-28 Dr Marianna Felici (Boston University)

The MAVEN Radio Occultation Science Experiment (ROSE)  Abstract:  The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has started orbiting Mars on September 2014.  One of the main goals of the mission is to understand the composition, structure, and… Read More

2023-02-21 Rubén Fedriani (IAA)

Infrared Observations of Massive Star-Forming Regions Abstract: Massive stars play crucial roles in determining the physical and chemical evolution of galaxies. They shape their environment from early in their protostellar phase when they blast their surroundings with powerful jets,… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

2022-07-12 Iurii Sushch (Northwest University)

Non-thermal emission from supernova remnants in circumstellar media Abstract: Most supernova remnants are core-collapse explosions of massive stars at the end of their evolution. Throughout its life such a star drives stellar winds that shape a circumstellar bubble which… Read More

2022-09-12 Michał Marek (Centrum Badań Kosmicznych)

Auroral Kilometric Radiation as a Self-Organized Criticality System Abstract: At the seminar I will present the results and conclusions concerning Auroral KilometricRadiation of the Earth as a Self-Organized Criticality (SOC) system. Analyzed data comes fromPolish experiment POLRAD and French… Read More