MUSE-ing Upon the Strange: Exploring Unusual Protostellar Outflows with Integral Field Spectroscopy Abstract: Jets are a ubiquitous but incompletely understood phenomenon in the early life of pre-main sequence stellar objects. These outflows are connected to accretion processes, indicating… Read More

Habitable(?) Worlds and Stellar Flares Abstract: Our search for new exoplanets is bringing us closer to habitable worlds than ever before. Especially temperate super-Earths and sub-Neptunes orbiting the coolest stars open unique avenues as prime targets for transit… Read More

When less is more – reduced physics simulations of the solar wind  Abstract: As scientists, we strive to construct models and simulations that describe natural systems in greater and greater fidelity. But this comes with a cost; increased code… Read More

Episodic accretion on young stellar objects – results from the VVV survey Abstract: The Pre-Main-Sequence stellar evolution is shaped by the mass accretion process. The variable nature of the mass accretion process on embedded young star objects (YSOs)… Read More

Space weather research and activities on mid-latitude island archipelagos  Abstract: Over the past five years British Geological Survey (BGS) have been involved in a number of space weather research projects in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. The… Read More

Speaker: Karina Mauco Coronado Title: Testing external photoevaporation in the σ-Orionis cluster with spectroscopy and disk mass measurements Abstract: The evolution of protoplanetary disks is regulated by an interplay of several processes, either internal to the system or related to the environment…. Read More

The MAVEN Radio Occultation Science Experiment (ROSE)  Abstract:  The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has started orbiting Mars on September 2014.  One of the main goals of the mission is to understand the composition, structure, and… Read More

Infrared Observations of Massive Star-Forming Regions Abstract: Massive stars play crucial roles in determining the physical and chemical evolution of galaxies. They shape their environment from early in their protostellar phase when they blast their surroundings with powerful jets,… Read More