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The future of Uk scientific research. Several research projects face funding cuts. Here are some projects under threat. Words over a picture of the extremely large telescope (ELT) under construction in Chile
Scotland's Astronomer Royal, Catherine Heymans, speaking for the UK community of astronomers, told the science select committee that the proposed cuts were "genuinely catastrophic and will be devastating for the UK." She, along with a particle physicist, told MPs most of the potential cuts would lead to British scientists having to greatly reduce their involvement or withdraw altogether from some of the world's most important international astronomy and particle physics experiments. Those experiments seek to answer some of the biggest questions in science. These include learning how the Universe began and how it will end, finding the first ever signs of life on planets orbiting distant stars, detecting black holes that ripple space time, mapping newborn planets around distant stars and analysing their atmospheres for signs of life. All of these are experiments in which, historically, the UK played a leading role. But now, British scientists could be largely locked out of them in the future, if the STFC does not pay its way.
The future of UK Astronomy & Particle Physics is at risk from proposed 30% funding cuts that, if implemented, will be "genuinely catastrophic".
Great to see this detailed BBC report on the issue by @pallabg.bsky.social ππ§ͺβοΈ
#STFCcuts #SaveUKAstronomy
ποΈ: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you for sharing the good news! β¨
Congratulats to Dr PΓa CortΓ©s Zuleta who has been awarded the LβOrΓ©alβUNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent Award in the category of Physical Sciences. The prize was awarded for her work on developing novel techniques for the detection and characterisation of low-mass exoplanets.
Project: Modelling and Interpretation of Exoplanetary Atmospheres Theme: Astrophysics Supervisor: Dr Ryan MacDonald (rm400@st-andrews.ac.uk) Description: Our knowledge of exoplanet atmospheres is undergoing a paradigm change following the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). High-quality spectroscopic observations of exoplanet atmospheres necessitate a careful reassessment of model assumptions that were sufficient in the pre-JWST era, in order to ensure the reliable inference of atmospheric properties (e.g. the chemical composition, temperature profile, and aerosol properties). In this MSc (res) project, you will investigate new ways to improve state-of-the-art models of exoplanet spectra. You will also have the opportunity to apply these models to JWST observations of giant exoplanets, which will allow you to measure the atmospheric properties of worlds around other stars.
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Join us to work on modelling JWST spectra!
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@mmattamala.bsky.social wrote this article about a robotic horse concept
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As a side story, I'm very proud of this paper. I found this signal at the end of my PhD, which was very chaotic. This paper saw me applying for postdocs, unemployed, and moving countries.
I could have written this paper maybe a year ago but it wasn't the right time. I'm just so happy that it's done!
I'm slowly moving to this side of the internet so I'll share my latest paper here!
We report the discovery of one of the closest exoplanets to us! β¨Gl 725 A bβ¨ is potentially a super-Earth orbiting the primary component of a M dwarf binary system at only 3.5 pc.
arxiv.org/abs/2411.09506
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someone had 169 slides for a 15min talk.
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