Tag: "supernovae"

Nobel Winner Used Stars to Map History of the Universe

Nobel Winner Used Stars to Map History of the Universe

Sitting in a small, non-descript room in the basement of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in Berkeley, astronomy graduate student Hannah Swift and physicist Saul Perlmutter are searching for supernovae, stars destroyed in huge explosions millions or billions of years ago.

 
Gabriela Quirós

Post on Jul 23, 2008 by

Supernova Legacy

Supernova Legacy

Last night we completed our observations for the Supernova Legacy Survey. This was a five year program to study supernovae using a 4-meter telescope in Hawaii in combination with several of the largest optical telescopes in the world. The project was headed by a group at a university in Toronto and a group at a [...]

 
Kyle S. Dawson

Post on Apr 08, 2008 by

Excellent conditions for skiing and supernovae

Excellent conditions for skiing and supernovae

Julien Guy: supernova cosmologistI'm sitting in the airport right now, passing time as I wait for my flight back to SFO. Looking at the clock now, I see that my jet lag future does not bode well. I awoke at 5:00 AM here and nearly 11 hours later feel like the day is over, yet [...]

 
Kyle S. Dawson

Post on Mar 24, 2008 by