UDP astronomers make next family tree of stars to unveil the history of the Milky Way. Chemical evolution in the Universe is driven by the birth and death of stars, which produce all the chemical elements through different nucleosynthesis processes happening during their lifetimes. Therefore, studying the distribution of chemical abundances of long-lived stars of …
Family Tree of stars reveals chaos in Galactic history Leer más »
A fines de este 2020 ocurrirá un nuevo fenómeno astronómico, la Luna volverá a cubrir totalmente el Sol, y gracias a la tecnología digital podrá ser apreciado en forma visual y audible, desde nuestros propios hogares.
The Institute of Physics (IoP) [https://iopscience.iop.org/] publishes new research in about 70 peer review journals from the Web of Sciences in several areas of physics and astrophysics. In order to acknowledge the work done by scientists reviewing the papers, IoP initiated a program honoring such work by giving about 15% of the reviewers a “trusted …
Prof. Thomas Maedler awarded “trusted reviewer status” by IoP Leer más »
An international group of astronomers has used the ALMA observatory to obtain an inventory of molecular gas and dust in distant galaxies at unprecedented depth in the iconic Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (H-UDF), one of the best-studied regions of the sky. The final results are being presented in a series of papers in today’s Astrophysical Journal. …
UDP astronomers obtain the deepest ALMA observations in the Hubble UDF Leer más »
One of the first students of our Ph.D. program, Dejene Zewdie, has led a investigation on the properties of massive galaxies in the local Universe. This work started during his Master’s studies, in Ethiopia, and continued during 2019 at UDP has now been recently accepted for publication in the prestigious scientific journal Monthly Notices for …
PhD student Dejene Zewdie gets a paper accepted in MNRAS! Leer más »
Fondecyt Postdoctoral fellowships 2020 (accepting applicants) The Astronomy Group at Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) invites applications for sponsoring of postdoctoral research fellowships in astronomy with a particular focus in planet formation and planetary science (Prof. Alice Zurlo, Prof. Lucas Cieza); Galactic archaeology, Supernovae and Transients (Prof. Paula Jofré, Prof. José Luis Prieto); and on the …
Accepting Applicants for Fondecyt fellowships 2021 Leer más »
Instituciones científicas lanzan “Historias de Astronomía Inclusiva” En agosto comienza la serie online de diez capítulos transmitida en vivo por conocidas plataformas digitales, la cual contará con intérprete de lengua de señas chilena. Agosto, 2020. A través de “Historias de Astronomía Inclusiva”, distintos especialistas y profesionales del ámbito de la ciencia y astronomía, docentes, estudiantes y …
La señal de que el agujero negro se estaba alimentando de gas desapareció, quizás cuando una estrella interrumpió su banquete. Este evento podría entregar nueva información sobre estos misteriosos objetos. En el centro de una galaxia lejana, un agujero negro consume lentamente un disco de gas que da vueltas entorno a él, como agua drenándose …
Estrella fugitiva podría explicar la desaparición de un agujero negro Leer más »
Together with Dr. F. Walter (MPIA), R. Decarli (INAF-Bologna), and C. Carilli (NRAO), Prof. Manuel Aravena (UDP) has recently published an article for the general public on the ESO/Messenger magazine. The article briefly reviews the milestones achieved by the on-going ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), including a summary of the …
ESO/Messenger article about the deepest ALMA survey in the Hubble UDF Leer más »
Professor Lucas Cieza recently wrote a column for the national daily newspaper “La Tercera” showing his opinion as an astronomer regarding the fragility of our “pale blue dot” in this covid-19 pandemic hit world and country. Please read the article (in Spanish) at this site: Reflexiones de un Astrónomo en la Pandemia