Astronomy Graduate Student Receives Publication Award
PhD student Junghwan Oh The Korean Astronomical Society (KAS) [http://www.kas.org/] has awarded its 2016 Rising Star Award to Oh Junghwan, a PhD student in the SNU Astronomy Program working in the group of Prof. Sascha Trippe. The Rising Star Award recognizes outstanding scientific publications in Korean astronomy journals by students. Oh Junghwan works on […]
Scientists to Provide Update On the Search for Gravitational Waves
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release:Monday, February 8, 2016 THURSDAY: SCIENTISTSTO PROVIDE UPDATE ON THE SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES 100 years after Einsteinpredicted the existence of gravitational waves, the National Science Foundationgathers scientists from Caltech, MIT and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration toupdate the scientific community on efforts […]
Dr. Hyunsung Jun wins 2015 JPL Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Awards
Dr. Hyunsung Jun (advisor: Prof. Myungshin Im) was awarded 2015 JPL Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Awards. JPL Chief Scientist Dan McCleese, Hyunsung Jun, JPL Director Charles Elachi http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/newsandevents/newsdetails/?NewsID=3464 https://www.facebook.com/jplpdocs/photos/a.10154234165105550.1073741828.358402695549/10154343390920550/ https://www.facebook.com/jplpdocs/photos/a.10154234165105550.1073741828.358402695549/10154343391545550/ https://www.facebook.com/jplpdocs/photos/a.10154234165105550.1073741828.358402695549/10154343391975550/
The gas streams from supermassive black holes
Prof. Sascha Trippe PhD student Jae-Young Kim PhD student Junghwan Oh PhD student Taeseok Lee Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the strongest sources of energy in the universe, being up to 10,000 times brighter than our home galaxy, the Milky Way. They are powered by accretion of interstellar gas into […]
Discovery of a Faint Quasar at z=6: Illumination of the Early Universe by Quasars
Discovery of a Faint Quasar at z=6: Illumination of the Early Universe by Quasars A team of Korean astronomers discovered a faint quasar in the early Universe which sheds light on the main sources of illumination about 1 billion years after the Big Bang. The team used the Gemini South telescope in Chile, […]
2015 Autumn Astronomy Picnic
2015 the 4th Astronomy Open House
Doctoral student Jueun Hong / Prof. Myungshin Im introduced the recent research results in the New Scientist magazine
Galactic smash-ups turn on the lights around black holes Prof. Myungshin Im Doctoral student Jueun Hong Smashing display (Image: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing – Martin Pugh) Looks like something left the lights on. The supermassive black holes at the cores of some galaxies give off a tremendous […]
2014 graduation celebration party
Admission Guide for International Students(Graduate), Spring 2016
SNU Office of Admissions has released Admission Guide for International Students, Graduate program, Spring 2016. The guide contains comprehensive information on admission timeline, applicant eligibility, requirements, scholarships, tuition and etc. for Graduate admission. Please refer to the attachment below for the International Admission Guidebook and the application forms.
