Announcement

The AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division is pleased to announce the recipient of its 2021 Dissertation Prize, Jennifer Bergner (@UChicago), for her PhD thesis Tracing Organic Complexity During Star and Planet Formation! The Laboratory Astrophysics...

In recent years, high resolution observations of dust structures have revolutionized our understanding of planet formation. However, this new image of the gas indicates that the current view of planet formation is still too simplistic and that it might be...

Karin Öberg, Professor of Astronomy , has been named a 2020 Simons Investigator recipient for her work on the role of chemistry during planet formation. She combines theory, astronomical observations and experiments to explore the chemical environments...

The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) supports outstanding postdoctoral scientists to pursue independent research which contributes to NASA Astrophysics, using theory, observation, experimentation, or instrumental development. Jane's Sagan...

The IAU PhD Prize recognises outstanding scientific achievements of astronomy PhD students around the world. Each of the IAU’s nine divisions awards a prize to the candidate it feels has carried out the most remarkable work in the previous year. Division...

Nature Astronomy volume 3, page959(2019) Luca Maltagliati We still have very limited knowledge of the elemental composition of giant planets. Our best example is currently Jupiter, thanks to Galileo’s end-of-mission plunge into its atmosphere...

Jenny Bergner has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis 'Tracing Chemical Complexity During Star and Planet Formation'. She will start a Hubble Sagan post doctoral fellowship at University of Chicago the fall of 2019.

DSHARP is the first Large Program observed at the ALMA telescope and it is revolutionizing our view of the planet forming disks around young stars where exoplanetary systems are currently in the making. Press release is here . The survey is presented in...

AAS awards Karin the Newton Lacy Pierce Price