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Cosmic Superbubble's Magnetic Field Charted in 3D for the First Time

Seattle, WA – Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have unveiled a first-of-its-kind map that could help answer decades-old questions about the origins of stars and the influences of magnetic fields in the cosmos.

We're Living in a Space Bubble. An Undergrad Sculpted Its Magnetic Shape

Theo O'Neill spent the summer at Harvard and mapped the magnetic surface of the thousand-light-years-wide "Local Bubble."

Sky and Telescope - A 3D Magnetic Map of the Local Bubble

Young open cluster NGC 602 inspected with ALMA

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have investigated a young open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), known as NGC 602. Results of the research, presented August 29 on the arXiv pre-print server, deliver important insights into the properties of this cluster, revealing that it experienced a sequential star formation process.

Universities Space Research Association

Washington DC-December 8, 2022. Universities Space Research Association (USRA) proudly announced today the winners of the prestigious 2022 USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Awards.USRA bestows these awards to honor outstanding undergraduate students in a variety of majors through a competitive process. These awards are granted to students who ...

UVA Astronomy Student Joins Ranks of Astronaut Scholars

Astronomy-physics and statistics major Theo O'Neill explores star formation in nearby dwarf galaxies as an Astronaut Scholar.

2 Third-Year Undergrad Researchers Named Goldwater Scholars

Theo O'Neill wants to understand how stars are formed. Zhiwen Xu seeks a deeper understanding of metabolic diseases. The two University of Virginia third-year students now will pursue their research as recently named Goldwater Scholars.