Astronomy on Tap (AoT)
Astronomy on Tap (AoT)
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On the 3rd Thursday every month, learn about the latest happenings in our Universe at Astronomy on Tap, Champaign-Urbana.
These events are hosted by the University of Illinois Department of Astronomy and the 25 O'Clock Brewery in Urbana.
For more information, email astro.on.tap.cu -at- gmail.com or contact us via Instagram Facebook or Twitter.
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News:
2024: New NSF + Simons Foundation Astro AI Center announced: SkAI
https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/skai-launched-to-further-explore-universe/
https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-simons-foundation-launch-2-ai-institutes-help
2023: The most distant organic molecules seen with JWST:
The scientific paper (Spilker et al. 2023, Nature) can be found here:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023Natur.618..708S/abstract
Press:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01844-x
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/93833790
https://www.universetoday.com/161793/jwst-sees-organic-molecules-ludicrously-far-away/
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-earliest-complex-organic-molecules
More JWST press here:
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2022-07-25/new-generation-of-scientists-to-commandeer-nasa-james-webb-space-telescope
https://phys.org/news/2019-08-stars-born-nasa-webb-telescope.html
https://las.illinois.edu/news/2022-07-19/looking-back-time
2023: Take a Trip to the South Pole Telescope
https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/take-a-trip-to-the-south-pole-telescope-with-ncsa/
2022: The Beginning of the Universe as Seen from the Bottom of the World
https://grainger.illinois.edu/news/magazine/vieira
2021: The most distant detection of water with ALMA:
The scientific paper (Jarugula et al. 2021, ApJ) can be found here:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJ...921...97J/abstract
Press:
https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-scientists-detect-signs-of-water-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/
https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-releases/alma-scientists-detect-signs-of-water-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/
https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-find-water-billions-light-years-away
https://www.smilepolitely.com/splog/u_of_i_astronomer_led_study_that_found_water_in_a_galaxy_far_far_away/
https://www.newsweek.com/water-found-early-galaxy-13-billion-light-years-away-alma-universe-1645826
2018: A massive protocluster of merging galaxies at z=4.3; SPT2349-56:
The scientific paper (Miller et al. 2018, Nature) can be found here:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Natur.556..469M/abstract
https://nypost.com/2018/04/27/scientists-discover-14-galaxies-about-to-collide-with-each-other/
https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-detect-massive-clusters-of-galaxies-in-the-early-universe/
2018: The discovery of the most distant dusty galaxy SPT0311-58:
The scientific paper (Marrone et al. 2018, Nature) can be found here:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Natur.553...51M/abstract
Press:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-017-0367-y
https://public.nrao.edu/news/2017-alma-galaxies-dark-matter/
2018: Next-gen camera for South Pole Telescope takes data on early universe
https://physics.illinois.edu/news/34679
2016:
University of Illinois researchers help discover ‘dark galaxy’
https://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/archive/university-of-illinois-researchers-help-discover-dark-galaxy/
Interview with Prof. Vieira in the local paper
Distant Galaxy Churning Out Stars at Remarkable Rate
2013: Dusty starburst galaxies in the early Universe as revealed by gravitational lensing:
The scientific paper (Vieira et al. 2013, Nature) can be found here:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013Natur.495..344V/abstract
Press:
https://www.universetoday.com/100704/alma-eyes-most-distant-star-forming-galaxy/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-universes-baby-boom-11966629/
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/nuisance-data-lead-surprising-star-birth-discovery
https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-finds-monster-starburst-galaxies/
2023: Cosmic Psychonaut
Premiered on 22 September 2023 at Champaign-Urbana's Astronomy on Tap at 25 O'Clock Brewing Company in Urbana, IL as part of the Pygmalion Festival.
Joaquin Vieira -- Words
Sam Wagster -- Music
Patrick Aleo -- Images
Victor Font -- Videographer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaYlojb7YL0&t=635s
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