Name: Sadhbh Leahy Title: Public Engagement Officer E-Mail: sadhbh.leahy@dias.ie Address: School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dunsink Lane, Castleknock, Dublin 15, D15 XR2R, Ireland. Biographical Sketch: Sadhbh Obtained a first-class honours BA in Physics and Astrophysics from Trinity… Read More
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Last Updated: 24th March 2023 by Sophie Murray
Sadhbh Leahy
Name: Sadhbh Leahy Title: Public Engagement Officer E-Mail: sadhbh.leahy@dias.ie Address: School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dunsink Lane, Castleknock, Dublin 15, D15 XR2R, Ireland. Biographical Sketch: Sadhbh Obtained a first-class honours BA in Physics and Astrophysics from Trinity… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-07-12 Iurii Sushch (Northwest University)
Non-thermal emission from supernova remnants in circumstellar media Abstract: Most supernova remnants are core-collapse explosions of massive stars at the end of their evolution. Throughout its life such a star drives stellar winds that shape a circumstellar bubble which… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-09-12 Michał Marek (Centrum Badań Kosmicznych)
Auroral Kilometric Radiation as a Self-Organized Criticality System Abstract: At the seminar I will present the results and conclusions concerning Auroral KilometricRadiation of the Earth as a Self-Organized Criticality (SOC) system. Analyzed data comes fromPolish experiment POLRAD and French… Read More
Reach for the Stars Astrophotography Competition 2022 – Winners Revealed
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Last Updated: 14th June 2023 by Michelle Tobin
The ‘Milky Way Arch over Pine Island’ and ‘A Fiery Rosette’ have been selected as the 2022 winning images in the Reach for the Stars astrophotography competition, run by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Taking the first… Read More
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Last Updated: 26th July 2022 by Sophie Murray
Embracing a Rejected Star
Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace by a powerful stellar explosion. A new look by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory helps tell more of the story of this runaway… Read More
First images from world’s largest space telescope livestreamed by DIAS in Dublin
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Posted: 12th July 2022 by Michelle Tobin
Irish developers mark historic moment for James Webb Space Telescope at special event (12.07.2022) The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has released the first full-colour images from the world’s largest space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope,… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-06-21 Aisling Bergin (University of Warwick)
Time Series Analysis Applied to Geomagnetic Indices Abstract: Geomagnetic indices, based on magnetic field observations at the Earth’s surface, provide almost continuous monitoring of Earth’s magnetospheric and ionospheric activity. AE and DST are two such indices designed to measure… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-06-07 Dr Mark Kennedy (University College Cork)
Invisible Monsters and Spider Webs: Compact objects in the era of wide field optical surveys Abstract: Where are the missing Galactic population of black holes? How do we obtain precise and accurate masses for black holes and neutron stars… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-05-24 Dr Julian Pittard (University of Leeds)
Colliding Wind Binary Systems and their Thermal and Non-Thermal Radiation Abstract: Colliding Wind Binary (CWB) systems consist of two massive (O or WR type) stars whose winds collide. The high velocity winds are thermalized in this collision zone and… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-05-19 Dr Matt James (University of Leicester)
Studying the Magnetospheric Plasmas of Mercury and Earth using ULF Waves and Machine Learning Abstract: Ultra low frequency (ULF) waves are a key mechanism for the transmission of energy and information around planetary magnetospheres and whose unique characteristics… Read More
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