Sentences with phrase «focused on astronomy»

He has clocked more than 45 days in space on four shuttle flights, three of them focused on astronomy.

Since then she has led many programs and projects focusing on astronomy education and STEM experiences available to many teachers and students.

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Every Star is Different put together a Montessori - inspired astronomy unit focusing on the planets.

In the hopes of seeing the gas clouds from which the first stars arose, Loeb has devoted much of the past decade to a new field called 21 - centimeter cosmology, a branch of radio astronomy that focuses on identifying electromagnetic radiation that started out with a wavelength of 21 centimeters.

The new field of 21 - centimeter cosmology is a branch of radio astronomy that focuses on identifying electromagnetic radiation that started out with a wavelength of 21 centimeters.

After earning a master's degree from Boston University's science journalism program and internships at Science News and Science, he became Science's New England correspondent, initially focusing on biology and biomedical research and later on astronomy.

Gary Greenberg, a research affiliate at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, took this 3 - D stereo image (cross your eyes slightly until there are three images, then focus on the center) of a single grain of moon sand (magnified here about 300 times).

Although some of my research focuses on the development of nanoelectronic devices for life science applications (as well as for telecommunications and radio astronomy), most of my research efforts are based on the use of microfluidic chips (MFCs) with molecular biology.

«Outflows are very common in astrophysics,» said co-author Héctor Arce, an astronomy professor at Yale whose research group focuses on outflow dynamics.

The key to their success, say experts, is keeping a focus on particular research niches while maintaining a stake in some of the most important international astronomy projects.

Bob Knight's kid - reviewed, kid - targeted online journal, Frontiers for Young Minds, now focuses on neuroscience but will expand to include medicine, astronomy and other areas of research.

David Van Blerkom, a professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, provides a nice overview, focusing on the second part of the query:

Every year the foundation spends approximately $ 250 million on efforts to promote environmental conservation, improving patient care, and scientific research, including a focus on marine biology, astronomy, and biological imaging.

With Falcon Heavy's additional lift, researchers planning the Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor telescope, a proposed mission for the 2020s with a mirror at least 9 meters across, could focus less on reducing weight and more on delivering a great scientific instrument, says Matt Mountain, president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington, D.C. «If we don't have to fight for mass, the testing is greatly simplified and you can launch more ambitious systems.»

It's called optical SETI, and its instruments are focused on a different band of the light spectrum than radio astronomy, looking instead at the same waves our eyes take in, along with infrared frequencies, which are just a smidge longer.

During the first four - year cycle (2013 - 2016), the prize subject focused on the basic sciences, with the specific subject area changing each year: physics and astronomy (2013), biological sciences (2014), mathematics (2015) and chemical sciences (2016).

Its mission is twofold: the first objective focuses on aeronomy (the study of the atmosphere), and the second on astronomy.

George Robert Carruthers (born October 1, 1939) began his career working for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. where his work focused on ultraviolet astronomy.

MATISSE will contribute to several fundamental research areas in astronomy, focusing in particular on the inner regions of discs around young stars where planets are forming, the study of stars at different stages of their lives, and the surroundings of supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies.

Background: The OAD was established in 2011 as a project of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as part of their decadal strategic plan to use astronomy for global development, with a special focus on Africa.

He turned to astronomy when he did his PhD at the Geneva Observatory, where he focused on elucidating the theoretical nature of the spiral arms of galaxies, which make it possible for stars and nebulae to pass through without permanently remaining inside the arms.

Much of the hearing focused on the 2010 Decadal Survey for astronomy and astrophysics conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the next one that is now being planned.

Launched in 2014, the the PING program focuses on multiple levels of the physics and astronomy pipeline, and includes a two week summer camp that engages middle school students in physics and astronomy, and an eight - ten week internship program designed to cultivate interest in physics and (radio) astronomy research in undergraduate students.

to expose traditionally underrepresented minorities to science and engineering with a focus on physics and radio - astronomy.

This issue of the TWAS Newsletter has a special focus on science diplomacy in the developing world, and describes the impact in health, climate change, astronomy, education and other fields.

The sessions focused on three key areas — matter and its interactions; energy and energy transformation; and astronomy.

Teachers also get lists of text sets, groups of books or excerpts all focused on a particular subject, like astronomy for first - graders.

I love art, music, film, cooking, astronomy and on and on... For Pinterest, I'm able to pin images that speak to my brand: I write in the fantasy genre about self - rescuing women so I focus on female empowerment.

Christopher Badger's «Lunar Mirrors» focus on the mathematics of astronomy — the rigorous simplification required to construct analytical models — and the elusive realities of the material world — in this case, the moon, that mutable satellite that affects both the tides and, if you believe in astrology, the affairs of men.

As a result, he is able to focus his artwork on the moment of constant discovery open to many different disciplines such as music, philosophy, astronomy, and engineering.

This exhibition, drawn mainly from the permanent collection, will draw upon this strength and focus on images of astronomy.

Matt Ford / Matt is a contributing writer at Ars Technica, focusing on physics, astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering.

Perhaps, as you say, they each focussed on their narrow, fragmented, domain of expertise (Hansen's PhD is in Astronomy) and missed the «big picture».