AUI would like to express its deep concern and sympathy for the families affected by the storms and landslides in northern Chile over the past days. Our thoughts go to the people who have lost loved ones or suffered material losses. The ALMA Observatory received substantial snowfall, but all its staff is well and its infrastructure and equipment...
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Black physicists and astronomers: The interviews
Mar 27, 2015
Two students, two research astronomers, and a retired nuclear physicist talk about their professional achievements and aspirations and their love for science.
Experts meet to promote the diffusion of science through astronomy / Expertos se reúnen para promover la difusión de la ciencia a través de la astronomía
Mar 25, 2015
By CRISTIÁN GONZÁLEZ S. in The Mercury (Life-Science-Technology, A10) Representatives of specialized agencies participating this week in a meeting that seeks to generate links and teaching methods, both university and school level. The clearest skies of Chile yesterday were covered with clouds, and a steady rain welcomed the participants of the...
1ST. CHILEAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT DISSEMINATION OF ASTRONOMY EDUCATION / 1ª. CUMBRE CHILENA-ESTADOUNIDENSE DE DIFUSIÓN DE LA EDUCACIÓN EN ASTRONOMÍA
Mar 20, 2015
AUDIO International Dimension We talked to Edward Hardy, representative in Chile of the Association of American Universities, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Michael Roth, of the Carnegie Institution for Science and in charge of the Magellan Telescopes Giants, who are in fourth region; and Chris Smith, director of the Observatory in...