The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a 6-meter diameter space telescope, is set to produce spectacular images and redefine much of what we know about the universe. At a million miles from Earth, JWST is centered on a point in space known as L2, which allows it to stay in… Continue reading »
Pasachoff, Jay M., 2021/2022, “Totality From Above the Clouds,” Sky and Telescope, online and pending in print. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/total-solar-eclipse-reports-from-antarctica/ Theo Boris, Christian A. Lockwood, David Zimmerman (JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition), 2021 (Dec. 9), “A Total Eclipse of the Sun,” https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211209.html cited in Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/12/04/in-photos-and-video-antarcticas-exclusive-eclipse-of-the-sun-attracts-intrepid-travelers-and-humpback-whales/?sh=305334b44730 Wall Street… Continue reading »
2020 Eclipse prediction — https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/scientists-use-nasa-data-predict-appearance-corona-dec-14-total-solar-eclipse 2020 Eclipse comet — https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/recently-discovered-comet-seen-during-2020-total-solar-eclipse-SOHO … Continue reading »
The new semester begins with Prof. Jay Pasachoff, Visiting Prof. Marek Demianski, and Lecturer Dr. Kevin Flaherty teaching the courses. Prof. Michael Allison, Director Emeritus of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is joining the department as a non-resident Research Associate and Associate of the Hopkins Observatory and will occasionally… Continue reading »
The Astronomy department will be hosting open Zoom hours this Friday (April 30th) from 1-3pm to discuss the Astronomy and Astrophysics majors and to answer any questions that you might have. You are welcome to come for any part of the 1-3pm time. Click here for the Zoom link. Continue reading »
The Physics and Astronomy departments will have a Zoom colloquium on Friday, February 19th at 3:15pm to discuss summer research options. If you are interested, please read this, see us here on Feb 19th! After the meeting, and after you have had a chance to talk to… Continue reading »
This past weekend, Amina Diop ’21 won the Beth Brown Memorial Prize at the meeting this past weekend of the National Society of Black Physicists for her poster, titled “Vertical Structure of Turbulence around DM Tau.” The Beth Brown Memorial Prize is given in honor of the life and career… Continue reading »
“Anomalies and fluctuations of near-surface air temperature at Tianhuangping (Zhejiang), China, produced by the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century under cloudy skies” by Marcos A. Peñaloza-Murillo, Michael T. Roman & Jay M. Pasachoff has been accepted in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Continue reading »
The work of both Caleb Fassett ’02 (NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center) and Katy Stack Morgan ’08 (a Deputy Project Manager; JPL-Caltech/NASA) is discussed in this article about NASA’s Perseverance mission, now en route to Mars for arrival in early 2021. … Continue reading »
The following astronomy faculty are offering major advising between now and August 13. People’s preferred times to meet are listed–in all cases, you should send an email with a few suggested times (EDT) that would work for you. Kevin Flaherty (Tuesday/Wednesday) Anne Jaskot… Continue reading »
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