Sentences with phrase «other fields of astronomy»

The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Single Dish Training Workshop will provide students, post-docs, and experts in other fields of astronomy with both knowledge and practical experience of the techniques and applications of single - dish radio astronomy using the GBT as the primary example.

Astronomy education research can and should be subject to the same criteria for evaluation (papers published, grants, etc.) as research in other fields of astronomy.

But these instruments also open new windows in other fields of astronomy: For instance, on 17 August 2017, LIGO found gravitational waves from a rare neutron star merger.

We welcome debate as it leads to our continued growth in knowledge in exoplanet science and in other fields of astronomy.»

Not exact matches

He wrote more than 100 books on physics, mathematics and astronomy, among other fields, and is believed to be the first to explain how our brains create the illusion of the moon appearing larger near the horizon.

Bad Astronomy began as his personal crusade against hogwash, lies, and other crimes committed in the name of his beloved field — think moon - landing conspiracy theories, the «face» on Mars, and impossible physics on Star Trek.

Funding for astronomy is far more limited than that available for cancer research, say, and compared with most other fields of science, the number of professional astronomers is astonishingly small (the membership of the American Astronomical Society would just about fit into Radio City Music Hall).

In addition, the issue of open access might be easier to address in the astronomy field than in other fields, given its potentially less - direct repercussions on technology and economic dominance.

Meanwhile, many other countries are attempting to intensify their astronomy and space - sciences capabilities for reasons as diverse as knowledge and technology development, the attracting of students into STEM fields, mastery of crucial satellite data, prestige through participation in major scientific discoveries, and broader international engagement in the sciences.

To secure such enormous amount of money for construction of ALMA from the national budget, efforts were needed to reduce research budgets allocated to other science projects not limited to the field of astronomy.

«As new centers of excellence in China's growing research enterprise, each will contribute in important ways to developments in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics and theoretical physics, both in China and worldwide through their linkages with other Kavli Institutes.»

And so Wright and others are developing a new field of 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.

On the one hand, the information about the cosmos are invading all media channels, on the other hand, young people are not getting, in most countries of the world, systematic education in this field, astronomy being removed from school curricula.