From February 3–7, the Know Thy Star, Know Thy Planet 2 conference was held in Pasadena, focusing on how stars influence exoplanet discovery and characterization. Attendees from the department included Professor Songhu Wang and Postdoc Xian-Yu Wang.
January is the traditional time of the largest gathering of American astronomers, and IU was well represented this year at the American Astronomical Society’s Winter Meeting in National Harbor, MD. Current members of the department attending included Professor Samir Salim, Postdoc Xian-Yu Wang, and graduate students Lexi Gault, Armaan Goyal, Laurin Gray, Brooke Kimsey-Miller, and Ethan White.
Many of our friends and colleagues have enjoyed Hal Kibbey’s Star Trak column on our website. Star Trak has been deeply appreciated by the community, our students, and the Astronomy department – always our go-to source of what to expect in the sky in the coming month!
POSTPONED Stellar interactions and transients Silvia Toonen The University of Amsterdam
TBD Helena Richie University of Pittsburgh
TBA Kareem el Badry Caltech
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