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LoCo grad student Nivedita Mahesh selected for NASA FINESST award
Receiving one of only 21 awards out of 188 proposals, she will develop new technologies to enable radio telescopes on the Moon in order to study the cosmological Dark Ages and the magnetic fields of exoplanets.
Continue readingLoCo student Lily Whitler awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
The Goldwater Scholarship is a highly competitive national award that recognizes outstanding research and promising science careers. Only 496 were awarded across the US. Lily has been involved with several international projects, including HERA and LOFAR. Congratulations Lily!
Continue readingPiyanat “Boom” Kittiwisit awarded China-South Africa Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship on Cosmology and Radio Astronomy
After earning his Ph.D., Boom is headed to South Africa and later to China to work with teams simulating radio telescope observations for HERA and the SKA.
Continue readingLoCo grad student Jackie Monkiewicz selected for NSF Fellowship
After completing her Ph.D., Jackie will be staying at ASU with an NSF postdoctoral fellowship to work with Prof. Sanch Borthakur!
Continue readingDusting for fingerprints of the first stars in the universe
EDGES reports evidence for detection of 21cm absorption by hydrogen gas when then universe was only 180 million years old.
Continue readingASU astronomers to build space telescope to explore nearby stars
The SPARCS 3U cubesat has been awarded funding by NASA and should launch by 2022!
Continue readingIvan Fernandez featured by Barrett, The Honors College
Former LoCo undergrad, Ivan Fernandez, was featured for his honors thesis work with Ask Dr. Discovery!
Continue readingDr. Adam Beardsley appointed as Principal Scientist for the MWA
He will be taking over for Dr. David Kaplan and working closely with the rest of the MWA management team, including Principal Engineer Randall Wayth, Project Manager Tom Booler, and Director Melanie Jonhston-Hollitt. Congratulations, Adam!
Continue readingEDGES featured on ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture
The Experiment to Detect the Global EoR Signature (EDGES) is featured this week on the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture! Oct. 23, 2017, Oct. 24, 2017, Oct. 27, 2017
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