Esta profesora, del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), lidera el desarrollo de una nueva generación de telescopios espaciales para la detección de...
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NewsSARA SEAGER: “En 10 años tendremos la capacidad de encontrar vida en un exoplaneta”
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NewsSarbani Basu: “Asteroseismology is the only means available with which we can probe the interior of stars”
Sarbani Basu specializes in Helioseismology. In her research she aims to determine, by studying oscillation, the internal structure and dynamics of the Sun and...
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NewsSEBASTIEN BESSE: “At the Planetary Science Archive, we ensure the long preservation of the scientific observations, therefore, the preservation of knowledge”
Before getting his PhD in Astronomy and Planetary Science at the University of Aix-Marseille, Sebastien Besse studied Natural Sciences, but gradually he...
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NewsSEBASTIEN LEBONNOIS: “Climate models can be applied to atmospheres detected around exoplanets and find places suitable for life”
If studying the Earth's atmosphere and all the processes which control it sounds very complicated, imagine doing this for all the planets of the Solar system...
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NewsSILVIA TORRES-PEIMBERT “Light pollution has a negative effect on astronomical observation, and on living creatures, including on our health.
"Darkness allows us to observe and detect the faintest objects" "In Astronomy it is not sufficient to think about these objects and to theorize, we need...
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NewsSoundbites from the HELAS (European Helio- and Asteroseismology) Network
Thierry Corbard, of the Côte d'Azur Observatory (France), When will we understand the Sun's core? To understand the Sun's core we need to identify gravity modes...
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NewsSteve Kawaler: “Some of the Asteroseismology early successes came through the work on pulsating white dwarfs in the 1970s through today”
Steve Kawaler investigates the life and death of stars by studying their oscillations by means of Asteroseismology. A foremost specialist in compact objects...
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NewsTakaaki Kajita: “The detection of gamma-rays with the CTA will be the key to discovering new sources of neutrino emission”
The Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita is one of the leading world experts in neutrino physics. These particles have a very tiny mass, and they hardly interact...
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NewsThierry Appourchaux: “We always use outdated technology to go to space”
Thierry Appourchaux is a mathematician by training and an expert in statistics. His experience in instrumentation and data analysis in Helio- and...