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Coughlin part of team that wins Scialog Award in early LSST research
This Scialog–short for science + dialog– is a “three-year initiative that aims to advance the foundational science needed to realize the full potential of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming
UMN and MIT launch first real-time machine learning search for colliding black holes
A joint effort between the University of Minnesota and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has achieved the first end-to-end, real-time search for binary black hole (BBH) mergers based entirely
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Investigating the evolution of the universe, dark matter, and the origins of the elements
Alien Aurora: Lysak, Sulaiman and Elliot find new plasma regime in Jupiter’s aurora
Professor Robert Lysak, Assistant Professor Ali Sulaiman and Researcher Sadie Elliott, of the School of Physics and Astronomy recently published a paper in Physics Review Letters, “New Plasma Regime
University of Minnesota to Serve as Host Institution for Prestigious Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy
The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship, a Vibrant Community of Planetary Astronomers