Dr. Frank Eisenhauer Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Germany GRAVITY+: All Sky, High Contrast, Milli-Arcsecond Optical Interferometric Imaging and Spectroscopy Abstract: GRAVITY and the VLTI have transformed high angular resolution astronomy with groundbreaking results on the Galactic Center, active galactic… Read More
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Last Updated: 9th April 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-04-13, 15:00: Dr. Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester)
Dr. Jonathan Nichols University of Leicester, UK The auroras of Jupiter and Saturn with Hubble: recent results Abstract: Planetary auroras are excited when energetic charged particles funnel down a planet’s magnetic field lines and impact the atmosphere. They… Read More
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Last Updated: 3rd March 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-04-06, 15:00: Dr. Felipe De Oliveira Alves (MPE)
Dr. Felipe De Oliveira Alves Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Germany Growing stars and planets in the furrows of Barnard 59 Abstract: Recent observations at different evolutionary stages of protostellar evolution have revealed the presence of accretion streamers from… Read More
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Posted: 26th February 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-03-09, 15:00: Dr. Abigail Azari (UC Berkeley)
Dr. Abigail Azari University of California, Berkeley Integrating Data Science and Planetary Science – Building Statistical Views of Planetary Space Environments Abstract: The best estimations of data size returned from the earliest generation of interplanetary missions launched in the… Read More
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Posted: 5th February 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-02-16, 15:00: Mr. Kevin Nolan (TUD)
Mr. Kevin Nolan Technological University Dublin , Ireland Mars, the Search for Origins (ASI Colloquium) Abstract: Mars shared an early history not dissimilar to Earth, and so the origin of life there is considered plausible. This talk looks… Read More
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Posted: 29th January 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-02-09, 15:00: Dr. Laura Hayes (NASA)
Dr. Laura Hayes National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA Solar flares and their effects of the Earth’s ionosphere Abstract: Solar flare activity is a powerful factor affecting the geophysical processes of planetary atmospheres. On Earth, the enhancement of… Read More
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Posted: 11th January 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-01-26, 15:00: Dr. Bin Chen (NJIT)
Dr. Bin Chen New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Solar Flare Energy Release: New Insights from Recent Radio Observations Abstract: Solar flares involve the catastrophic release of magnetic energy through magnetic reconnection. Solar flares are also highly efficient… Read More
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Last Updated: 12th January 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-01-13, 15:00: Dr. Frank Eisenhauer (MPE)
Dr. Frank Eisenhauer Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Germany GRAVITY+: All Sky, High Contrast, Milli-Arcsecond Optical Interferometric Imaging and Spectroscopy Abstract: GRAVITY and the VLTI have transformed high angular resolution astronomy with groundbreaking results on the Galactic Center, active galactic… Read More
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Posted: 27th November 2020 by Simon Purser
2020-12-01, 15:00: Mr. Kim Pouilly (IPAG)
Mr. Kim Pouilly Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble, France Magnetospheric accretion in the intermediate-mass T Tauri star HQ Tau Abstract: Classical T Tauri stars (cTTs) are pre-main sequence stars surrounded by an accretion disk. They host a… Read More
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Last Updated: 12th November 2020 by Simon Purser
2020-11-20, 15:00: Dr. Dominique Meyer (Universität Potsdam)
Dr. Dominique Meyer Universität Potsdam, Germany The burst mode of accretion in massive star formation Abstract: The burst mode of accretion in star formation is a paradigm that describes how stars acquire their mass during the birth of… Read More
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Posted: 28th October 2020 by Simon Purser
2020-11-03, 15:00: Dr. Ágnes Kóspál (Konkoly Observatory)
Dr. Ágnes Kóspál Konkoly Observatory, Hungary Magnetic field and accretion in the young eruptive star EX Lupi Abstract: While the Sun is a quiet and well-balanced star nowadays, during its first few million years it possessed a strong… Read More
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