WVUniverse series presents "Salty Secrets about the Search for Life on Mars" featuring Kathleen Benison, PhD. Benison is a Professor of Geology at West Virginia University.
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Stellar feedback and an airborne observatory; a team led by a WVU researcher determined a nebula to be much younger than previously believed
Holly Legleiter |
In the southern sky, situated about 4,300 light years from Earth, lies RCW 120, an enormous glowing cloud of gas and dust. This cloud, known as an emission nebula, is formed of ionized gases and emits light at various wavelengths. An international team led by West Virginia University researchers studied RCW 120 to analyze the effects of stellar feedback, the process by which stars inject energy back into their environment. Their observations showed that stellar winds the region to expand rapidly, which enabled them to constrain the age of the region. These findings indicate that RCW 120 must be less than 150,000 years old, which is very young for such a nebula.
Andrew Kaiser publishes research studying the sensitivity of detectors across the black-hole binary gravitational wave spectrum
Holly Legleiter |
Andrew Kaiser, a fifth-year graduate student in WVU Physics and Astronomy, alongside Dr. Sean McWilliams, published their research in Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Bandura's work on detection of fast radio Bursts detailed in "Nature"
Margaret Mattson |
The CHIME telescope, located in the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in Kaleden, British Columbia, is comprised of four cylindrical reflectors, 256 dual-polarized antennas for data collection and an F-Engine and X-Engine for data processing. Bandura, an assistant professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, played a key role in developing the device’s F-Engine, which digitally processes signals from space into frequencies that can then be processed into digital maps of the Universe.
WVU astrophysicist recognized as emerging leader in research
Holly Legleiter |
A West Virginia University astrophysicist is among this year’s Sloan Fellows, scholars recognized as emerging leaders in science.
West Virginia University Advances Collaborative Research as NSF Funds NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center
Holly Legleiter |
West Virginia University researchers are part of a team that was recently awarded
$17 million from the
National Science Foundation (NSF) for the renewal of the
NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center (PFC).
WVU engineers recalibrate radio telescopes to illuminate dark energy
Holly Legleiter |
Scientists know dark energy makes up about 70% of the universe and is responsible for the universe’s accelerating expansion. Beyond that, little about it is certain, so WVU engineer Kevin Bandura is enhancing the calibration of radio telescopes that can tell astronomers about dark energy by measuring the “neutral hydrogen” in the universe, a simple form of hydrogen with no net electric charge.
WVUniverse presents "Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology"
Holly Legleiter |
WVUniverse presents "Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology" with special guest Caitlin Ahrens, PhD.