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UMN and MIT launch first real-time machine learning search for colliding black holes
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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 on machine learning.
Outer space exploration at your fingertips
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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
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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 in Jupiter’s Auroral Zones,” on the first-ever detailed observation and analysis of a new type of plasma wave in Jupiter’s auroral zone.
University of Minnesota to Serve as Host Institution for Prestigious Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy
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The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship, a Vibrant Community of Planetary Astronomers
A Summer of Astounding Astrophysics brings visitors to campus
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The School of Physics and Astronomy and the Minnesota Institute of Astrophysics are sponsoring a series of lectures for the public in summer 2025.
Grad student drawn to expertise and depth of research in Minnesota
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Catherine Slaughter, whose doctoral research is focused on a star in the constellation Lyra, chose the University of Minnesota because she wanted to work with world-class faculty at the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics on the Twin Cities campus.
Woodward part of team that makes first-ever study of extragalactic recurrent nova
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Unprecedented study yields some surprises and the hottest ever recorded temperature for a nova
Margalit part of team that wins Scialog Award in early LSST research
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Assistant Professor Ben Margalit of the School of Physics and Astronomy was part of a team that won an award from the first year of the Scialog: Early Science from the LSST from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).
