24 February 2023
International Day of Women and Girls in Science was Saturday, February 11th. In recognition of this day, we’re highlighting Dr. Shouleh Nikzad from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At the recent American Astronomical Society conference, Dr. Nikzad was nominated for and received the Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation. This was given to Dr. Nikzad “for her pioneering contributions pushing the boundaries of ultraviolet/visible photon-counting charge-coupled devices, her sustained infusion of related technologies across multiple fields, her diligent engineering leadership, and her consistent and attentive mentoring of early-career instrumentation researchers.” Read more at https://aas.org/press/aas-names-recipients-2023-awards-prizes.
Webb Unveils Dark Side of
Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud. Read more.
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