wicor.bsky.social
Mission: Advance our understanding of the origins of life in the Universe through interdisciplinary research and education. https://wicor.wisc.edu/ 📸: Night sky above the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), July 2017, Photo Jeff Miller/UW-Madison
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@wicor.bsky.socialCongratulations to Francis Halzen, UW–Madison professor of physics and principal investigator of @icecubeneutrino.bsky.social, on being named the 2026 Nobel Laureate in physics. His work helped unlock new ways of understanding the universe and the particles known as neutrinos. @nobelprize.org
Show PostBREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
Show PostFound: Mega-Earth! It’s nearly 170 million years old. It’s more than 2.5 times the size of Earth. And it’s the first exoplanet discovered and catalogued by researchers with @wicor.bsky.social.
Show PostThis could explain why we don't often see PIAP with highly misaligned inner planets! Read more here: arxiv.org/abs/2606.06230 #exoplanets
Show PostNew first-author paper from Adam Distler, now accepted to ApJ, evaluates whether the inner edges of peas-in-a-pod (PIAP) multiplanet systems are affected by secular resonance crossings driven by the rotational evolution of the host star....
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