The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ameerah McBride as its first Chief Diversity Officer. In this newly created position McBride will work closely with leaders across AURA to ensure the development and implementation of programs and strategic initiatives that enable a culture for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Read in English Ameerah McBride La Asociación de Universidades para la Investigación en Astronomía (AURA) se complace en anunciar el nombramiento de Ameerah McBride como su primera Directora de Diversidad. En esta posición recién creada, McBride trabajará en estrecha colaboración con los líderes de AURA para garantizar el desarrollo y la implementación de programas e […]
Read in English La Asociación de Universidades para la Investigación en Astronomía (AURA) es la organización que administra varios telescopios ópticos/infrarrojos terrestres para la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias (NSF) de Estados Unidos, tanto los existentes como aquellos que se encuentran en construcción. Hemos notado que el lanzamiento de numerosos satélites en el sistema Starlink (y […]
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is the managing organization for many ground-based telescopes for National Science Foundation (NSF), both extant and under construction. We note that the launch of the Starlink system may have impacts on the observational capabilities of these facilities.
Read in English Hoy abrimos las postulaciones para el Premio AURA- Padre Picetti 2019 que se extiende para los educadores de todo Chile! El premio reconoce año a año a líderes en educación y extensión de Chile por su extraordinario desempeño y contribuciones a la comunidad en la enseñanza de la ciencia, no sólo en […]
AURA is now accepting applications for the 2019 AURA Padre Picetti Award, open to all teachers in Chile! Every year the award recognizes leaders in education and outreach in Chile for their outstanding performance and contributions to the community in the subject of science, not only to young students, but also to the general public.
Late Friday October 18, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera declared a state of emergency in the province of Santiago, Valparaiso, Concepción, Rancagua and La Serena/Coquimbo and a curfew was established.
La Gran Iniciativa de Astronomía de la NSF comienza el 1 de octubre de 2019 Telescopes from the five infrastructures Credit: National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld Read in English Release Images oir1901a – Telescopes from the five infrastructures Credit: National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld 1280 x 756 jpg 6600 × 3900 jpg 6600 […]
NSF and AURA are proud to announce the launch of integrated operations of all of NSF’s nighttime astronomical facilities under NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NSF’s OIR Lab).
El Vicepresidente del proyecto del Telescopio Gigante de Magallanes y Astrónomo de la Institución Carnegie para la Ciencia, Patrick McCarthy, fue seleccionado como el nuevo Director del Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación de Astronomía Óptica-Infrarroja de la Fundación Nacional para la Ciencia (NSF’s OIR Lab).
Vice President of the Giant Magellan Telescope project and Astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Patrick McCarthy, has been selected as the new Director of the National Science Foundation National Optical-infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NSF’s OIR Lab).
The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in multiple colors. The image of the newly discovered object, denoted C/2019 Q4(Borisov), was obtained on the night of 9-10 September using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North Telescope on Hawaii’s Maunakea.
Its size and surface gravity are much larger than Earth’s, and its radiation environment may be hostile, but a distant planet called K2-18b has captured the interest of scientists all over the world. For the first time, researchers have detected water vapor signatures in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system that resides in the “habitable zone,” the region around a star in which liquid water could potentially pool on the surface of a rocky planet.
Anyone who has ever peered at Saturn through a small telescope is immediately enticed by its elegant rings, which make the far-flung planet one of the most exotic-looking, opulent worlds in the solar system.
La Asociación de Universidades para la Investigación en Astronomía (AURA) se
complace en anunciar que el Dr. Mario Andrés Hamuy, ha sido nombrado
Vicepresidente y Jefe de Misión del Observatorio de AURA en Chile (AURA-O). El Dr.
Hamuy llega a AURA luego de desempeñar el cargo de Profesor Titular de
Astronomía desde el año 2011, en la Universidad de Chile.
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