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Big Astronomy Wins Big

Big Astronomy Wins Big

Big Astronomy wins “Best Astronomy Education” Award in the Dome Under Fulldome Film Festival Melbourne: The Dome Under Fulldome Film Festival hosted its first planetarium film fest in Melbourne, Australia, on February 8 – 9. Big Astronomy: People Places Discoveries, a planetarium film funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and produced...

IAU-NRF Regional Office of Astronomy for Development Launched in North America

IAU-NRF Regional Office of Astronomy for Development Launched in North America

The North American Regional Office of Astronomy for Development was officially established on 29th January 2020 at a signing ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. The event was attended by the President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and marked the formation of the eleventh Regional Office of Astronomy for Development. The ceremony,...

Astronomers Find Wandering Massive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies

Astronomers Find Wandering Massive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies

Roughly half of the newly-discovered black holes are not at the centers of their galaxies Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF Astronomers seeking to learn about the mechanisms that formed massive black holes in the early history of the Universe have gained important new clues with the discovery of 13 such black holes in dwarf galaxies less than...

AUI Trustee, Gabriela González Named 2019 SEC Professor of the Year

AUI Trustee, Gabriela González Named 2019 SEC Professor of the Year

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Dr. Gabriela González, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University, has been named the 2019 SEC Professor of the Year, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey announced on Wednesday. González is the second professor from LSU to win the honor. A native of Argentina, Dr. González is a leader in gravitational wave...