A collaborative research center developing a predictive global model of the heliosphere to understand the bubble that shields us from the galaxy's radiation.
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SHIELD Drive Science Center retweeted
As project scientist for NASA’s famed @NASAVoyager program, Ed Stone was a scientific visionary and a valued mentor to generations of students. In this upcoming SHIELD webinar, two of Ed Stone’s students share their stories.
Register here: go.nasa.gov/3C7dsyb
ALT Promotional image for a webinar titled "Ed Stone as a Mentor," part of the SHIELD Webinar Series: Voyager StoryCorps. Features Alan Cummings from Caltech and Jamie Sue Rankin from Princeton University, with event details and a QR code for more info.
Join us for the next SHIELD Webinar
“Staring into Space: My Life as an Astronomer”
With Dara Norman
Friday November 8th, 2024 at 2pm ET
Registration at shielddrivecenter.com/shield…
Dara Norman is the Deputy Director of NOIRLab’s and the incoming president of @AAS_Office
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See the recording at shielddrivecenter.com/shield…
Jessica Harris is an astrophysicist and science communicator who focuses on mental well-being. Visit her website: jessicaaharris.com
#nasa #science #heliophysics #spacescience
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So sad to see the news that mission engineers @NASAJPL will power down the Plasma Science Instrument (PLS) on Voyager 2, but grateful to them for thinking about the long term outcomes of the mission.
blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/
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SHIELD PI, @MeravOpher, is a guest on the BornCurious Podcast from the @Harvard-Radcliffe Institute discussing our heliosphere and how it protects us from the harsh interstellar environment. See also this paper nature.com/articles/s41550-0…
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SHIELD Drive Science Center retweeted
🚀 @BU_Tweets was delighted to host @NASAScienceAA Dr. Nicky Fox on campus this week to meet the scientists & students at @BU_spacephysics, @SHIELD_drive, @LEXI_Xray, @BUEarth, and @AstronomyatBU
bu.edu/today/close-ups/2024/…
SHIELD Webinar: The Human Spirit Can Make the “Impossible” Possible: What Space Exploration Can Learn About Passion, Perseverance, and Resilience from a Groundbreaking Athlete
Monday, August 19th, 2pm ET
To register and for previous SHIELD Webinars visit shielddrivecenter.com/shield…
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Thanks to @NASAScienceAA for stopping by @BU_Tweets today to take some Q&A and to hear about some of the great NASA-funded research happening on campus, including our own from SHIELD PI @MeravOpher!
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Olympic marathon swimming is a little over 6 miles. @diananyad swam 16 times that, from Cuba to Florida, when she was 64.
@MeravOpher talks with Diana on August 19 about her enduring spirit and what we can learn for space exploration. Register here: shielddrivecenter.com/shield…
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SHIELD Webinar: The Human Spirit Can Make the “Impossible” Possible: What Space Exploration Can Learn About Passion, Perseverance, and Resilience from a Groundbreaking Athlete
Monday, August 19th, 2pm ET
To register and for previous SHIELD Webinars visit shielddrivecenter.com/shield…
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SHIELD Webinar: The Human Spirit Can Make the “Impossible” Possible: What Space Exploration Can Learn About Passion, Perseverance, and Resilience from a Groundbreaking Athlete
To register and to view previous and future SHIELD Webinars visit shielddrivecenter.com/shield…
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So great to see applications of the research that SHIELD is doing! For more information on SHIELD research, please visit our website shielddrivecenter.com
@MeravOpher #NASA #heliophysics #space
A team led by the astronomer and Radcliffe fellow @MeravOpher today published an exciting discovery about our heliosphere in @NatureAstronomy. The @Harvard Gazette has the story. news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…
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SHIELD Drive Science Center retweeted
A team led by the astronomer and Radcliffe fellow @MeravOpher today published an exciting discovery about our heliosphere in @NatureAstronomy. The @Harvard Gazette has the story. news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…
In celebration of Pride Month, SHIELD would like to highlight the SHIELD webinar from earlier this year, “Queer Eye for Space Physics: Panel Discussion with LGBTQ+ Space Scientists”
You can view it at our Youtube channel:
youtu.be/6G2446dN9Ss?si=goQi…
#nasa #heliophysics #space
In this article in Science News, SHIELD team members Chika Onubogu, Alan Cummings , and Kostas Dialynas discuss the importance of the Voyager mission. science.org/.../after-crisis…...
NASA Sun Science #NASA #science #Space #heliophysics
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The latest SHIELD Science nugget curtesy of Drew Turner (JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)).
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SHIELD Drive Science Center retweeted
If you spot aurora from this major solar storm, you can #DoNASAScience by making a report to participatory science project aurorasaurus.org!
Meet Erick Powell, a graduate research at Boston University working to understand the structure of our heliospheric bubble.
#NASA #science #space #bostonuniversity
youtu.be/qhRVch_Bbls
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SHIELD Webinar: The Human Spirit Can Make the “Impossible” Possible: What Space Exploration Can Learn About Passion, Perseverance, and Resilience from a Groundbreaking Athlete
Monday, August 19th, 2pm ET
For more details and to register:
shielddrivecenter.com/shield…
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A wonderful webinar with Romina Nikoukar (JHU/APL), Eddie Gonzales (NASA), and Kostas Dialynas (Univ. of Athens) on Mental Well-Being in the Space Science Community.
youtu.be/AMbtNAgRKZA?si=W0Bq…
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