NASA Planetary Science Division Vision 2050

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date          Jan 10 * Speaker    Paul Yun (NASA Ambassador) * Title          NASA Planetary Science Division Vision 2050 * Abstract  NASA is discussing what they want to know next 30 years [science]” and “what it takes to make that happens […]

The Journey of a Gemini Observer

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date.         Feb. 28(Wednesday) * Speaker.   Andre-Nicolas Chene (GEMINI Staff members) * Title.         The Journey of a Gemini Observer * Abstract    I have been a Gemini user for now more than 10 years. I have used most of its instruments, both in […]

Network Cosmology : What I have learned from galaxy `Facebook`.

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date March 15 * Speaker Sungryong Hong (KIAS) * Title Network Cosmology : What I have learned from galaxy `Facebook`. * Abstract     I have attempted to utilize network science tools for investigating topological structures of the Universe. In this talk, I provide an overview of network […]

What is Nature Astronomy and how do I get published in it?

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date March 20(Tuesday) * Speaker Marios Karouzos (Nature Astronomy) * Title What is Nature Astronomy and how do I get published in it? * Abstract     Nature Astronomy, launched in January 2017, is a new research journal published by Springer Nature. Sitting alongside our sister journal Nature, […]

Chandra X-Ray Kinematics Study of Young Supernova Remnants

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date.         March 22 * Speaker   Sangwook Park (Univ. Texas Arlington) * Title.         Chandra X-Ray Kinematics Study of Young Supernova Remnants * Abstract  Supernova remnants are an excellent laboratory to study fundamental subjects of modern astronomy and astrophysics such as stellar evolution and […]

Formation of the First Galaxies and their Connection to Local Dwarfs

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date March 29 * Speaker Myoungwon Jeon (Kyung Hee Univ.) * Title Formation of the First Galaxies and their Connection to Local Dwarfs * Abstract     One of the biggest challenges in modern cosmology is to understand the first generation of stars and galaxies that formed during the […]

과학커뮤티케이터가 본 과학과 사회

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date April 5 * Speaker 이강환 (서대문자연사박물관) * Title 과학커뮤티케이터가 본 과학과 사회 * Abstract     과학이 점점 더 중요해지는 세상이다. 출판 시장의 어려움에도 불구하고 유일하게 과학책 분야만은 성장을 계속하고 있고, 능력 있는 국내 저자의 책이 늘고 있다. 어른이 되어 뒤늦게 과학의 즐거움을 되찾는 사람들도 늘어나고 있어 […]

Molecular Gas Properties of HI Monsters

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date April 12 * Speaker Aeree Chung (Yonsei Univ.) * Title Molecular Gas Properties of HI Monsters * Abstract     The cold gas reservoir surrounding present day massive galaxies like MW is generally insufficient to explain their current star formation rate or their baryonic mass assembly history. […]

Magnetohydrodynamics of the circumstellar medium

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2018 Spring Semester) * Date May 3 * Speaker Allard Jan van Marle (UNIST) * Title Magnetohydrodynamics of the circumstellar medium * Abstract     Stars shape the morphology of the medium around them through stellar winds. In this fashion, each star creates a bubble around itself, which changed over time as […]