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AURA is in the process of reviewing and updating its by-laws. A new version of the by-laws will be posted here in May. I. ARTICLE I A. Membership II. ARTICLE II A. Member Representatives III. ARTICLE III A. Meetings of Member Representatives IV. ARTICLE IV A. Board of Directors V. ARTICLE V A. Management Councils […]
Much of the light in the universe comes from stars, and yet, star formation is still a vexing question in astronomy.
To piece together a more complete picture of star birth, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to look at star formation among galaxies in our own cosmic back yard. The survey of 50 galaxies in the local universe, called the Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey (LEGUS), is the sharpest, most comprehensive ultraviolet-light look at nearby star-forming galaxies.
The LEGUS survey combines new Hubble observations with archival Hubble images for star-forming spiral and dwarf galaxies, offering a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of star formation and galaxy evolution. Astronomers are releasing the star catalogs for each of the LEGUS galaxies and cluster catalogs for 30 of the galaxies, as well as images of the galaxies themselves. The catalogs provide detailed information on young, massive stars and star clusters, and how their environment affects their development.
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) welcomes the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) as a new
Astronomers using data from both of the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs (GMOS – North and South) measured the motions of stars within a sample of 32 massive elliptical cluster galaxies and found the stellar motions inconsistent with these galaxies’ solitary cousins.
AURA is pleased to announce Dr. Phil Puxley has joined AURA Corporate Office as the new Vice President for Special Projects and the National Center for Optical and Infrared Astronomy (NCOA) Interim Director.
AURA is pleased to announce Jeremy Weirich has joined AURA Corporate Office as the new Vice President for Corporate Strategy.
The DKIST Primary Mirror has been successfully aluminized in preparation for installation into the Telescope Mount Assembly. The 4-meter diameter, 75-mm thick mirror is made from Schott Zerodur glass with a weight of 3.3 metric tons. Despite the large size of the mirror, it requires only a tiny amount of aluminum (less than an ounce) to coat the surface. The aluminum coating provides a highly reflective surface required for the optical and infrared wavelengths at which DKIST will operate.
The National Solar Observatory (NSO), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL), and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) are proud to present a free screening of the Discovery Channel’s “THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN” narrated by award winning artist Sting, directed by filmmakers Nathaniel Kahn and Paul Bozymowski and produced by RadicalMedia.
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) seeks a new Director for the Gemini Observatory, with the aim of filling this position as early as July 2018, and preferably by the end of 2018. Gemini Observatory operates twin 8.1-meter telescopes: one on Maunakea in Hawaii, the other on Cerro Pachón in Chile. AURA […]
Where do the stars in our Galaxy come from? All the stars we see in the night-time sky belong to our Milky Way galaxy, and while most stars were likely born here, in the Milky Way, many appear to have originated in other galaxies and migrated to our shores.
The end of August was a very exciting time for several of AURA’s observatories. While many people were relaxing at the beach and enjoying the last days of summer, a historic scientific story was unfolding.
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