The first papers from our JWST C1 program, Compositions of Mini-Planet Atmospheres for Statistical Study (COMPASS), are out today! Led by Lili Alderson & Nicole Wallack, supported by an amazing team, if I do say so myself. :) arxiv.org/abs/2404.00093 arxiv.org/abs/2404.01264

Introducing CIERA's incoming postdoc cohort! These seven researchers will bring a wide range of expertise to our community and we can't wait for them to join us ciera.northwestern.edu/2024/04/16/mee…

Dr. Jane Rigby, AAS Trustee, is being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden. Rigby is being honored for her role in the success of the JWST mission, as well as her longtime support of diversity and inclusion in science. aas.org/press/aas-trus…

AAS member Marcia Rieke (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona) will receive the 2024 Gruber Cosmology Prize for her pioneering work in infrared #astronomy, especially her oversight of instruments allowing astronomers to explore the earliest galaxies in the universe. aas.org/posts/news/202… 🏆

Dropped on arXiv today "The First Billion Years, according to JWST" a snapshot of the great progress made by JWST in the understanding of the early chapters of our cosmic history🎇 written by the attendees of the 2024 International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Breakthrough Workshop.🤩 💫✨

#BlackSpaceWeek starts this Sunday!! All the links to register for our events can be found here: blackinastro.com/black-space-we… 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

The Kavli IPMU-led international project, the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS), carried out its last two engineering observations before the instrument goes into review. Check out their blog for more details. pfs.ipmu.jp/blog/2024/06/p…

Northwestern is a new host institution for the Heising-Simons Foundation’s 51 Pegasi b Fellowship! The fellowship funds 3-4 years of research related to any area of planetary science (in our solar system and exoplanetary). Apply from Jul 9 - Oct 4: hsfoundation.org/programs/scien…

A collaboration between The Brinson Foundation and STScI, the Brinson Prize Fellowship program offers postdoctoral awards in observational cosmology. We are proud to return as one of eleven host institutions. Applications close on Nov 7. bit.ly/brinsonfellows…

Calling all early Universe observers applying for postdocs: consider applying for the Brinson Prize Fellowship with CIERA as your host institution! We have a great extragalactic group 🌌 and plenty of access to big glass! 🔭 Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions

PLEASE SHARE! My department (Physics & Astronomy at Bates College) is hiring two tenure-track positions (one in solar physics / geospace science, one in any subfield of physics or astronomy), and we start reviewing applications in 10 days! apply.interfolio.com/153498

We are excited to share that Northwestern University Physics and Astronomy is recruiting for an Associate or Full Professor in Astrophysics who will become an active member of CIERA. Learn more about the position, our community, and institutional resources: ciera.northwestern.edu/opportunities/…

Today on the arXiv: All the Little Things in the Abell 2744 field: ~1600 redshifts measured with our Cycle 2 NIRCam grism program, and much, much more, showcasing the discovery space of this instrument Among these 1600: 1) An analog of the Milky Way + local group 12.7 Gyr ago

Applications now open for SkAI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships! SkAI Fellows will have the opportunity to lead independent research aligned with SkAI’s broad Astro-AI research mission. skai-institute.org/jobs/

Come work with SkAI faculty! SkAI Postdoctoral Associates will have the opportunity to work on specific research projects aligned with the Institute’s Astro-AI research mission at one of the three SkAI lead institutions. skai-institute.org/jobs/

A little under two weeks left to apply for a Brinson Prize Fellowship in Observational Cosmology! Come join our thriving community of postdocs!

.@UCSDAstro's ⭐Shelley Wright⭐ has spent her career building telescopes🔭 and instruments used to study supermassive black holes, distant galaxies🪐 and even the search for other life. Learn more about her work in this Q&A: bit.ly/40o8jvd Shelley Wright

Reminder: the application periods for our Postdoctoral Associate positions in Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics, Theoretical Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics close Monday, Nov 18!

The job ad has just gone live for a 3-year postdoc position in my group at Edinburgh University, working on high-redshift galaxy evolution with JWST and MOONS. The deadline for applications is a month today on 20th December elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…