ESA decides on next Large Mission Concepts

by | Dec 2, 2013 | Announcements, Other

ESA decides on next Large Mission Concepts 2013-12-02 00:00:00 The Gravitational Universe will be one of the two science themes to be explored by ESA's next two Large (L-class) missions –this was decided today by ESA´s Science Programme Committee...

ICCUB Colloquia: Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts

by | Oct 28, 2013 | Announcements, Other

ICCUB Colloquia: Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts 2013-10-28 00:00:00 Date: 28 Oct 2013Speaker: Peter Goldreich (Caltech)Host: ICCUBPlace: Aula Magna (Facultat de Física UB)Abstract:Debris from asteroids and comets continually bombards the Earth. Large impacts...
Gaia sunshield deployment test successful

Gaia sunshield deployment test successful

by | Oct 21, 2013 | Announcements, Other

Gaia sunshield deployment test successful 2013-10-21 00:00:00 Ahead of its launch on 20 November 2013, Gaia has passed its critical sunshield deployment test. The sunshield has been fabricated by the Spanish company SENER. During the test at Europe’s spaceport in...

CTA NectarCAM F2F Meeting

by | Sep 16, 2013 | Announcements, Other

CTA NectarCAM F2F Meeting 2013-09-16 00:00:00 The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA, http://www.cta-observatory.org/) consortium celebrates the regularly meeting of the Common Camera Components (CCC) work-package, since its creation in late 2012. The meeting deals with...

MAGIC Galactic meeting 2013

by | Sep 14, 2013 | Announcements, Other

MAGIC Galactic meeting 2013 2013-09-14 00:00:00 On 12 and 13 September 2013 a meeting of the Physics Working Group on Galactic sources of the MAGIC Collaboration took place at Facultat de Física of UB. A total of 20 researchers attended the meeting, which has been...