The new discovery is only 14% the size of the Sun and is the new record holder for the star with the smallest complement of heavy elements. It has about the same heavy element proportion as Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system. Credit: Kevin Schlaufman. Astronomers use the Gemini Observatory to investigate a […]
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July 2nd 2019 will be a very special day in South America. On that day a total eclipse will travel from west to east across the continent and, in a spectacular stroke of astronomical luck, will pass directly over the National Science Foundation’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile – one of the most famous astronomy sites in the world.
Our solar system has eight major planets, and nearly 200 moons. Though astronomers have to date found nearly 4,000 planets orbiting other stars, no moons have yet been found. That hasn’t been for any lack of looking, it’s just that moons are smaller than planets and therefore harder to detect.
A new $4.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been awarded to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) for the development of a new “Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach” at NSF’s Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Composition and Roles The Board, which meets three times a year, establishes the policies of AURA, approves its budget, elects members of the Management Councils, and appoints the President, the Center Directors, and other principal officers. The Board of Directors is responsible to the Member Representatives for the effective management of AURA and the achievement […]
Council Charter (pdf) The AMCR provides oversight and advocacy for the management of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Daniel Akerib (ex officio) Particle Physics & AstronomyStanford University Stuartt Corder The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Brenna Flaugher Fermilab Suzanne Hawley Department of AstronomyUniversity of Washington David MacFarlane Particle Physics and AstrophysicsSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Lucas Macri […]
Council Charter (pdf) The SOC provides oversight for the National Solar Observatory (NSO). Christoph Baranec University of Hawaiʻi Doug Biesecker National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration Terri Fiez University of Colorado at Boulder Jeff Hall (Chair) Lowell Observatory Jason Jackiewicz New Mexico State University Feng-Chuan Liu TMT International Observatory James Mason Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space […]
Council Charter (pdf) The NMOC and each of its members are trustees and advocates to the AURA Board for the mission of NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory. The NMOC provides stewardship and management oversight of NSF’s NOIRLab and gives support and advice to AURA on important policy and management matters. Roberto Abraham University of […]
Council Charter (pdf) STIC provides oversight and advocacy for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). Martin Barstow (Chair) Institute of Space & Earth Observation/Physics & Astronomy University of Leicester Daniela Calzetti (Vice Chair) Department of Astronomy University of Massachusetts Claude Canizares Massachusetts Institute of Technology Elizabeth Cantwell University of Arizona Orlando Figueroa Orlando Leadership Enterprise, […]
Sarbani Basu Yale University Sarah Gibson UCAR Catherine Pilachowski Indiana University Wanda Sigur Independent Consultant David Silva University of Texas at San Antonio
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