8/12/2020
A Conversation With Scientific Editor Ata Sarajedini
Join the conversation as Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., a professor and Bjorn Lamborn Endowed chair in astrophysics, department of physics, in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science discusses his research and role as scientific editor for the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Journals, with Frank Timmes, the lead editor for AAS Journals. To watch the conversation, click here.
Sarajedini is also host of the podcast, Ask a Scientist, and a script writer for the South Florida Public Broadcasting Service show, Star Gazers.
Join tomorrow's virtual Research in Action as Sarajedini will discuss the most important pictures ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, launched 30 years ago. To register for event, click here.
If you would like more information, please contact us at dorcommunications@fau.edu.
Viewing the NEOWISE Commet
Using the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope, scientists first spotted the comet, now known as NEOWISE, as it hurtled toward the sun on March 27, 2020. The comet, which is about three miles across, gradually brightened as sunlight and solar wind caused it to release gases and form a tail. Shown here is a photo taken by FAU Observatory Manager and Instructor, Eric Vandernoot. Eric captured the comet through the Observatory telescope at an eight-second exposure at 6:50 a.m. on July 12. You can still view the comet in the night sky through early August.