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Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
00:00:12 Fellowship
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standa...
published: 28 Dec 2018
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RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Dr Jo Barstow
THURSDAY - 17 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Jo Barstow - Open University - Ernest Rutherford Fellow
Title: A tale of two spacecraft: learning about exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope and Ariel
Dr Barstow is currently a research fellow at the Open University. She grew up in Leicestershire, and her first experience of scientific research was as a 16 year old summer student, working with one of the teams behind the Beagle 2 Mars lander. This inspired her ongoing fascination with planets. She did her degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge before completing her doctorate studying the clouds on Venus at the University of Oxford. She then moved on to researching the atmospheres of exoplanets - planets that orbit stars other than the Sun - first at Oxford, and then as ...
published: 17 Feb 2022
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Meet the first Canadian to win a Royal Astronomical Society honour
A University of Saskatchewan professor and her research on the aurora is being recognized internationally.
Kathryn McWilliams, a professor in the department of physics, is the first Canadian to be awarded an honourary fellowship from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) of the United Kingdom.
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published: 28 Jan 2022
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RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Camille Lorfing
MONDAY - 14 Feb 2022 at 12pm
Camille Lorfing - UCL/MSSL Phd student - Plasma physics
Title: Wearing Physics glasses - a fun way of understanding the world through problem solving
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speake...
published: 14 Feb 2022
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RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Olivia Harper Wilkins
FRIDAY - 18 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Olivia Wilkins - NASA Goddard - Interstellar Ice
Title: Daring to Be Unqualified
About the speaker:
Olivia Harper Wilkins is an astrochemist, artist, and NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where she does experimental work to understand interstellar ice chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. from Caltech (Pasadena, California, USA) in December 2021 after focusing on observational astronomy during her thesis work. Olivia also holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA). She enjoys communicating about science and uses art to help share the wonders of space and science more broadly. She recently published Astrochemistry with the American Chemical Society; in addition ...
published: 18 Feb 2022
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Treasures of the RAS: The discovery of Uranus
The notebooks of William Herschel, describing his discovery of Uranus in 1781.
Herschel recorded his observations of a new planet in his working notebook of March 1781: "a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet", near the star Pollux.
Later observations demonstrated that this was the first new planet discovered since prehistoric times.
Herschel attempted to name the planet 'Georgium sidus' (George's star) after King George III. Although this brought him great favour with the King, the name was unpopular outside Britain. Later agreement called the planet 'Uranus'.
The Library and Archives of the Royal Astronomical Society contain books, images and documents significant in the development of scientific thought in astronomy, geophysics and related disciplines. In this series of v...
published: 27 Mar 2014
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RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Reetika Joshi
TUESDAY - 15 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Reetika Joshi - Kumaun University, Nainital, India - The Sun
Title: The Sunshine
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I am Reetika Joshi, born and brought up in India and now...
published: 15 Feb 2022
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The Unknown Universe - Dr. Stuart Clark
It is less than a century since Albert Einstein gave the world the mathematical tools to understand the Universe. In that time, astronomers have developed the theory that our cosmos was born in a titanic release of energy about 14 billion years ago. But why can't they fully prove this Big Bang theory? What pieces are missing from this puzzle and when might we uncover them? This talk explains the great discoveries we have made, the mysteries still to solve and the questions that we may never be able to answer about the birth of our Universe.
Dr Stuart Clark is an award-winning journalist and author. He is a visiting fellow of the University of Hertfordshire and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He holds a first class honours degree and a PhD in astrophysics. He is a consultant f...
published: 08 Jul 2015
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RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Claudia Maraston
WEDNESDAY - 16 February 2022 at 12pm
Prof Claudia Maraston - University of Portsmouth - Galaxies
Title: Sitting on the dock of the Universe
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I got my PhD in May 1998 at the Uni...
published: 16 Feb 2022
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Dying stars seeding the universe
RAS March Public Talk - Dr Marie Van de Sande at 1pm
Dying stars seeding the universe
Astrochemistry is a vibrant and interdisciplinary field that brings together astronomy, physics, and chemistry. While there is an enormous effort in understanding the chemistry of stellar birth and youth, the chemistry of stellar death is as important: the death throes of sun-like stars enrich the galaxy with fresh material to form the next generation of stars and planets by losing their outer layers by means of a gentle outflow. The presence of a companion star or planet is thought to produce intricate structures within the outflow, giving rise to the beautiful shapes of planetary nebulae, the later stage in the star’s life and an important part of Caroline Herschel’s surveys. This opens up the question...
published: 20 Mar 2024
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Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
00:00:12 Fellowship
Listen...
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
00:00:12 Fellowship
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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Fellowship of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS) is a fellowship granted to individuals whose application is approved by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
https://wn.com/Fellow_Of_The_Royal_Astronomical_Society_|_Wikipedia_Audio_Article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
00:00:12 Fellowship
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts
Speaking Rate: 0.9224178460232461
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-A
"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Fellowship of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS) is a fellowship granted to individuals whose application is approved by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
- published: 28 Dec 2018
- views: 140
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RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Dr Jo Barstow
THURSDAY - 17 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Jo Barstow - Open University - Ernest Rutherford Fellow
Title: A tale of two spacecraft: learning about exoplanets with...
THURSDAY - 17 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Jo Barstow - Open University - Ernest Rutherford Fellow
Title: A tale of two spacecraft: learning about exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope and Ariel
Dr Barstow is currently a research fellow at the Open University. She grew up in Leicestershire, and her first experience of scientific research was as a 16 year old summer student, working with one of the teams behind the Beagle 2 Mars lander. This inspired her ongoing fascination with planets. She did her degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge before completing her doctorate studying the clouds on Venus at the University of Oxford. She then moved on to researching the atmospheres of exoplanets - planets that orbit stars other than the Sun - first at Oxford, and then as a Royal Astronomical Society research fellow at UCL. She currently sits on the RAS Council. When she isn’t staring at computer models, she is mum to two little girls, devours fiction of all kinds, and sings whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
https://wn.com/Ras_Women_Fellows_Inspiring_Science_Stories_Dr_Jo_Barstow
THURSDAY - 17 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Jo Barstow - Open University - Ernest Rutherford Fellow
Title: A tale of two spacecraft: learning about exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope and Ariel
Dr Barstow is currently a research fellow at the Open University. She grew up in Leicestershire, and her first experience of scientific research was as a 16 year old summer student, working with one of the teams behind the Beagle 2 Mars lander. This inspired her ongoing fascination with planets. She did her degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge before completing her doctorate studying the clouds on Venus at the University of Oxford. She then moved on to researching the atmospheres of exoplanets - planets that orbit stars other than the Sun - first at Oxford, and then as a Royal Astronomical Society research fellow at UCL. She currently sits on the RAS Council. When she isn’t staring at computer models, she is mum to two little girls, devours fiction of all kinds, and sings whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
- published: 17 Feb 2022
- views: 180
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Meet the first Canadian to win a Royal Astronomical Society honour
A University of Saskatchewan professor and her research on the aurora is being recognized internationally.
Kathryn McWilliams, a professor in the department of...
A University of Saskatchewan professor and her research on the aurora is being recognized internationally.
Kathryn McWilliams, a professor in the department of physics, is the first Canadian to be awarded an honourary fellowship from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) of the United Kingdom.
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https://wn.com/Meet_The_First_Canadian_To_Win_A_Royal_Astronomical_Society_Honour
A University of Saskatchewan professor and her research on the aurora is being recognized internationally.
Kathryn McWilliams, a professor in the department of physics, is the first Canadian to be awarded an honourary fellowship from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) of the United Kingdom.
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- published: 28 Jan 2022
- views: 1158
36:53
RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Camille Lorfing
MONDAY - 14 Feb 2022 at 12pm
Camille Lorfing - UCL/MSSL Phd student - Plasma physics
Title: Wearing Physics glasses - a fun way of understanding the world thr...
MONDAY - 14 Feb 2022 at 12pm
Camille Lorfing - UCL/MSSL Phd student - Plasma physics
Title: Wearing Physics glasses - a fun way of understanding the world through problem solving
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I’m a 2nd year PhD student working in Solar and Plasma physics at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Department of Space and Climate physics) on solar electron beams and how they interact with the plasma of the solar wind and solar corona. I graduated in 2020 with an MPhys in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Manchester where I work on the characterisation of radio pulsars at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Before that I studied in France where I followed the Science stream of the French Baccalaureate (2016) specialising in Physics and Chemistry.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
https://wn.com/Ras_Women_Fellows_Inspiring_Science_Stories_Camille_Lorfing
MONDAY - 14 Feb 2022 at 12pm
Camille Lorfing - UCL/MSSL Phd student - Plasma physics
Title: Wearing Physics glasses - a fun way of understanding the world through problem solving
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I’m a 2nd year PhD student working in Solar and Plasma physics at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Department of Space and Climate physics) on solar electron beams and how they interact with the plasma of the solar wind and solar corona. I graduated in 2020 with an MPhys in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Manchester where I work on the characterisation of radio pulsars at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Before that I studied in France where I followed the Science stream of the French Baccalaureate (2016) specialising in Physics and Chemistry.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
- published: 14 Feb 2022
- views: 533
35:09
RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Olivia Harper Wilkins
FRIDAY - 18 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Olivia Wilkins - NASA Goddard - Interstellar Ice
Title: Daring to Be Unqualified
About the speaker:
Olivia Harper Wilk...
FRIDAY - 18 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Olivia Wilkins - NASA Goddard - Interstellar Ice
Title: Daring to Be Unqualified
About the speaker:
Olivia Harper Wilkins is an astrochemist, artist, and NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where she does experimental work to understand interstellar ice chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. from Caltech (Pasadena, California, USA) in December 2021 after focusing on observational astronomy during her thesis work. Olivia also holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA). She enjoys communicating about science and uses art to help share the wonders of space and science more broadly. She recently published Astrochemistry with the American Chemical Society; in addition to writing the book, she created many of the illustrations. Olivia also enjoys coffee shops and traveling with her husband and their son.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
https://wn.com/Ras_Women_Fellows_Inspiring_Science_Stories_Olivia_Harper_Wilkins
FRIDAY - 18 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Olivia Wilkins - NASA Goddard - Interstellar Ice
Title: Daring to Be Unqualified
About the speaker:
Olivia Harper Wilkins is an astrochemist, artist, and NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where she does experimental work to understand interstellar ice chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. from Caltech (Pasadena, California, USA) in December 2021 after focusing on observational astronomy during her thesis work. Olivia also holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA). She enjoys communicating about science and uses art to help share the wonders of space and science more broadly. She recently published Astrochemistry with the American Chemical Society; in addition to writing the book, she created many of the illustrations. Olivia also enjoys coffee shops and traveling with her husband and their son.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
- published: 18 Feb 2022
- views: 125
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Treasures of the RAS: The discovery of Uranus
The notebooks of William Herschel, describing his discovery of Uranus in 1781.
Herschel recorded his observations of a new planet in his working notebook of Ma...
The notebooks of William Herschel, describing his discovery of Uranus in 1781.
Herschel recorded his observations of a new planet in his working notebook of March 1781: "a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet", near the star Pollux.
Later observations demonstrated that this was the first new planet discovered since prehistoric times.
Herschel attempted to name the planet 'Georgium sidus' (George's star) after King George III. Although this brought him great favour with the King, the name was unpopular outside Britain. Later agreement called the planet 'Uranus'.
The Library and Archives of the Royal Astronomical Society contain books, images and documents significant in the development of scientific thought in astronomy, geophysics and related disciplines. In this series of videos RAS Librarian Jenny Higham displays some of the gems of the collection.
https://wn.com/Treasures_Of_The_Ras_The_Discovery_Of_Uranus
The notebooks of William Herschel, describing his discovery of Uranus in 1781.
Herschel recorded his observations of a new planet in his working notebook of March 1781: "a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet", near the star Pollux.
Later observations demonstrated that this was the first new planet discovered since prehistoric times.
Herschel attempted to name the planet 'Georgium sidus' (George's star) after King George III. Although this brought him great favour with the King, the name was unpopular outside Britain. Later agreement called the planet 'Uranus'.
The Library and Archives of the Royal Astronomical Society contain books, images and documents significant in the development of scientific thought in astronomy, geophysics and related disciplines. In this series of videos RAS Librarian Jenny Higham displays some of the gems of the collection.
- published: 27 Mar 2014
- views: 1482
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RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Reetika Joshi
TUESDAY - 15 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Reetika Joshi - Kumaun University, Nainital, India - The Sun
Title: The Sunshine
This 11 February is the Day of Women ...
TUESDAY - 15 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Reetika Joshi - Kumaun University, Nainital, India - The Sun
Title: The Sunshine
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I am Reetika Joshi, born and brought up in India and now a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway. I did my Ph.D. in Solar Physics in 2021 from India about the small scale solar jets and flares from the solar atmosphere and their heliospheric connections. During my Ph.D. tenure I got two very famous scholarships, one was the Raman Charpak fellowship by the Indo French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/ CEFIPRA) to conduct a part of my Ph.D. research at Observatoire de Paris and the other was the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) visiting scholar fellowship by International Council for Science (ICSU) to work in China. I am a fellow of the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society since 2021. I have published almost 20 research papers with scientific collaborators from different parts of the world, e.g. India, France, Spain, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic and continuing the research journey as a postdoctoral researcher in Norway. Here I would like to tell you about “A Himalayan love affair with Cosmos!”. Let’s celebrate women!
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
https://wn.com/Ras_Women_Fellows_Inspiring_Science_Stories_Reetika_Joshi
TUESDAY - 15 February 2022 at 12pm
Dr Reetika Joshi - Kumaun University, Nainital, India - The Sun
Title: The Sunshine
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I am Reetika Joshi, born and brought up in India and now a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway. I did my Ph.D. in Solar Physics in 2021 from India about the small scale solar jets and flares from the solar atmosphere and their heliospheric connections. During my Ph.D. tenure I got two very famous scholarships, one was the Raman Charpak fellowship by the Indo French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/ CEFIPRA) to conduct a part of my Ph.D. research at Observatoire de Paris and the other was the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) visiting scholar fellowship by International Council for Science (ICSU) to work in China. I am a fellow of the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society since 2021. I have published almost 20 research papers with scientific collaborators from different parts of the world, e.g. India, France, Spain, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic and continuing the research journey as a postdoctoral researcher in Norway. Here I would like to tell you about “A Himalayan love affair with Cosmos!”. Let’s celebrate women!
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
- published: 15 Feb 2022
- views: 814
55:04
The Unknown Universe - Dr. Stuart Clark
It is less than a century since
Albert Einstein gave the world the mathematical tools to understand the Universe. In that time, astronomers have developed the t...
It is less than a century since
Albert Einstein gave the world the mathematical tools to understand the Universe. In that time, astronomers have developed the theory that our cosmos was born in a titanic release of energy about 14 billion years ago. But why can't they fully prove this Big Bang theory? What pieces are missing from this puzzle and when might we uncover them? This talk explains the great discoveries we have made, the mysteries still to solve and the questions that we may never be able to answer about the birth of our Universe.
Dr Stuart Clark is an award-winning journalist and author. He is a visiting fellow of the University of Hertfordshire and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He holds a first class honours degree and a PhD in astrophysics. He is a consultant for New Scientist and writes The Guardian's astronomy blog, Across the Universe. His book The Sun Kings was short-listed for the The Royal Society's popular science book prize in 2008. In 2013, he was named European astronomy journalist of the year.
https://wn.com/The_Unknown_Universe_Dr._Stuart_Clark
It is less than a century since
Albert Einstein gave the world the mathematical tools to understand the Universe. In that time, astronomers have developed the theory that our cosmos was born in a titanic release of energy about 14 billion years ago. But why can't they fully prove this Big Bang theory? What pieces are missing from this puzzle and when might we uncover them? This talk explains the great discoveries we have made, the mysteries still to solve and the questions that we may never be able to answer about the birth of our Universe.
Dr Stuart Clark is an award-winning journalist and author. He is a visiting fellow of the University of Hertfordshire and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He holds a first class honours degree and a PhD in astrophysics. He is a consultant for New Scientist and writes The Guardian's astronomy blog, Across the Universe. His book The Sun Kings was short-listed for the The Royal Society's popular science book prize in 2008. In 2013, he was named European astronomy journalist of the year.
- published: 08 Jul 2015
- views: 2734
34:51
RAS Women Fellows - Inspiring Science Stories - Claudia Maraston
WEDNESDAY - 16 February 2022 at 12pm
Prof Claudia Maraston - University of Portsmouth - Galaxies
Title: Sitting on the dock of the Universe
This 11 February...
WEDNESDAY - 16 February 2022 at 12pm
Prof Claudia Maraston - University of Portsmouth - Galaxies
Title: Sitting on the dock of the Universe
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I got my PhD in May 1998 at the University of Bologna (Italy), the Alma Mater and oldest university in the world. My office was in the medieval astronomical tower. My PhD supervisors were Professors Alvio Renzini and Laura Greggio. My thesis title was “Evolutionary population synthesis models”. I have been working in this field since then. Straight after my PhD I spent a few months as a visitor at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching (Munich, Germany) because my supervisors were in secondment there and at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich. In January 1999 I got my first 3 years post-doc contract in the extra-galactic group of Professor Ralf Bender at the Ludwig Maximillian University. In January 2001 I was offered another 3-years contract now at the Max-Planck Institute for extra-terrestrial Physics (MPE, Garching) where Ralf Bender was appointed director. In 2004 Professor Roger Davies from Oxford got in touch to propose a joint application for a Marie Curie fellowship with Oxford as a host institution. I was excited although that meant to leave a country where I happily stayed 6 years and built a professional life and a social life outside academia. But, I have always been attracted to the United Kingdom. My mum was a secondary school English teacher and she spent time in Oxford in the ‘60s to refine her English. As a child I pioneered porridge breakfast in Italy. Also, I’ve always loved the English language and music. To my delight I won a Marie Curie fellowship in 2004 and moved to Oxford, landing in the UK on February, 1st 2005 with my husband and our 3-months-old daughter. Nearly twenty years later I am still here.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
https://wn.com/Ras_Women_Fellows_Inspiring_Science_Stories_Claudia_Maraston
WEDNESDAY - 16 February 2022 at 12pm
Prof Claudia Maraston - University of Portsmouth - Galaxies
Title: Sitting on the dock of the Universe
This 11 February is the Day of Women and Girls in Science and the IAU is running a campaign for women in astronomy, supported by the RAS. You can find out more about the IAU's campaign for celebrating the Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy at their website.
We are celebrating our RAS women Fellow astronomers and space scientists who will give short talks on what inspires them about being a scientist. We are hosting 30-minute lunchtime chats every day of the week from 14-18 February. Join us at 12pm each day to hear all about their career path journey to astronomy and space science careers.
About the speaker:
I got my PhD in May 1998 at the University of Bologna (Italy), the Alma Mater and oldest university in the world. My office was in the medieval astronomical tower. My PhD supervisors were Professors Alvio Renzini and Laura Greggio. My thesis title was “Evolutionary population synthesis models”. I have been working in this field since then. Straight after my PhD I spent a few months as a visitor at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching (Munich, Germany) because my supervisors were in secondment there and at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich. In January 1999 I got my first 3 years post-doc contract in the extra-galactic group of Professor Ralf Bender at the Ludwig Maximillian University. In January 2001 I was offered another 3-years contract now at the Max-Planck Institute for extra-terrestrial Physics (MPE, Garching) where Ralf Bender was appointed director. In 2004 Professor Roger Davies from Oxford got in touch to propose a joint application for a Marie Curie fellowship with Oxford as a host institution. I was excited although that meant to leave a country where I happily stayed 6 years and built a professional life and a social life outside academia. But, I have always been attracted to the United Kingdom. My mum was a secondary school English teacher and she spent time in Oxford in the ‘60s to refine her English. As a child I pioneered porridge breakfast in Italy. Also, I’ve always loved the English language and music. To my delight I won a Marie Curie fellowship in 2004 and moved to Oxford, landing in the UK on February, 1st 2005 with my husband and our 3-months-old daughter. Nearly twenty years later I am still here.
Graphic credit: Gurjeet Kahlon, RAS Communications Officer
- published: 16 Feb 2022
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Dying stars seeding the universe
RAS March Public Talk - Dr Marie Van de Sande at 1pm
Dying stars seeding the universe
Astrochemistry is a vibrant and interdisciplinary field that brings toget...
RAS March Public Talk - Dr Marie Van de Sande at 1pm
Dying stars seeding the universe
Astrochemistry is a vibrant and interdisciplinary field that brings together astronomy, physics, and chemistry. While there is an enormous effort in understanding the chemistry of stellar birth and youth, the chemistry of stellar death is as important: the death throes of sun-like stars enrich the galaxy with fresh material to form the next generation of stars and planets by losing their outer layers by means of a gentle outflow. The presence of a companion star or planet is thought to produce intricate structures within the outflow, giving rise to the beautiful shapes of planetary nebulae, the later stage in the star’s life and an important part of Caroline Herschel’s surveys. This opens up the question of the fate of our own Solar System. To understand exactly how stars like our Sun die and how they are recycled into the next generation of stars and planets, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary, with astrochemistry playing a leading role.
About our speaker
Dr Marie Van de Sande is an Oort Fellow at Leiden Observatory at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She studies the chemistry around dying sun-like stars by developing novel chemical models and comparing their results to observations. Marie obtained her PhD in 2018 from KU Leuven (Belgium), where she stayed on as a fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). She moved to the University of Leeds as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow in 2021 and relocated to Leiden in September 2023.
https://wn.com/Dying_Stars_Seeding_The_Universe
RAS March Public Talk - Dr Marie Van de Sande at 1pm
Dying stars seeding the universe
Astrochemistry is a vibrant and interdisciplinary field that brings together astronomy, physics, and chemistry. While there is an enormous effort in understanding the chemistry of stellar birth and youth, the chemistry of stellar death is as important: the death throes of sun-like stars enrich the galaxy with fresh material to form the next generation of stars and planets by losing their outer layers by means of a gentle outflow. The presence of a companion star or planet is thought to produce intricate structures within the outflow, giving rise to the beautiful shapes of planetary nebulae, the later stage in the star’s life and an important part of Caroline Herschel’s surveys. This opens up the question of the fate of our own Solar System. To understand exactly how stars like our Sun die and how they are recycled into the next generation of stars and planets, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary, with astrochemistry playing a leading role.
About our speaker
Dr Marie Van de Sande is an Oort Fellow at Leiden Observatory at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She studies the chemistry around dying sun-like stars by developing novel chemical models and comparing their results to observations. Marie obtained her PhD in 2018 from KU Leuven (Belgium), where she stayed on as a fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). She moved to the University of Leeds as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow in 2021 and relocated to Leiden in September 2023.
- published: 20 Mar 2024
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