Science Interest Group
Galaxies
The Galaxies Science Interest Group (Galaxies SIG) offers an opportunity for researchers across all career stages studying galaxies.
About Galaxies SIG
Exploring Galaxies Throughout the Universe
The Cosmic Origins program is forming a science interest group (SIG) that will help NASA understand and implement recommendations from the upcoming decadal survey in the area of galaxies. This group will also sponsor discussions, research seminars, and periodic meetings.
Participating in a science interest group is an opportunity to meet people and make professional connections. It is an opportunity to learn about NASA astrophysics and share in the joy of creative science. It is also an opportunity to help others and give back to the astronomical community.
News & Events
Monsters in the Dark: Searching Far and Wide for Ultra-Luminous Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn Speaker John Weaver Abstract The first galaxies (z > 10) appear to have formed faster and more efficiently than predicted by standard models, but they are…
The 247th AAS meeting (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 4-8 January in Phoenix, Arizona at the Phoenix Convention Center. Join us in the exhibit hall at the NASA booth and attend the NASA sessions.
Simulations Meet Space Telescopes to Understand AGN at Cosmic Dawn Speaker Sabrina Berger (University of Melbourne) Abstract For the first time, JWST lets us directly see the stellar light from galaxies hosting luminous quasars at z > 6. Early stellar…
Disentangling Baryonic and Dark Matter Physics with the Smallest Galaxies Speaker Erin Kado-Fong (Stanford) Abstract Low-mass “dwarf” galaxies, with masses less than around 10 percent that of the Milky Way, present both a puzzle and an opportunity for our understanding…
Leadership Council Name Affiliation & Email Lead: Benne Holwerda Email Co-Lead: Aaron Yung Email Caryl Gronwall Email Gregory Mosby Email David Sobral Email Shobita Satyapal Email Rupali Chandar Email
Enhance! Spatially-Resolving Sub-kpc Physics Within High-z Galaxies Taylor Hutchison, NASA / GSFC With the advent of JWST, we have witnessed an explosion of science in the early Universe — with recent results unveiling the conditions for the earliest births and…
Leadership Council
| Name | Affiliation & Email |
|---|---|
| Lead: Benne Holwerda | |
| Co-Lead: Aaron Yung | |
| Caryl Gronwall | |
| Gregory Mosby | |
| David Sobral | |
| Shobita Satyapal | |
| Rupali Chandar |
How to Participate
We invite participation from the community, particularly from early-career researchers and those from under represented backgrounds in astronomy. Please contact us for more information about our activities and mission, and how you can get involved.
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