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Chrysa Kouveliotou: The Greek astrophysicist who is great in the world of science

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Chrysa Kouveliotou is one of the most distinguished Greek scientists worldwide, with a remarkable body of work in the field of High Energy Astrophysics. Her career is characterized by consistency, depth and international recognition, as she has made significant contributions to the understanding of phenomena...
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Astronomers detect colliding neutron stars for the first time

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[:el] Astronomers announced on Monday that they had seen and heard a pair of dead stars collide, giving them their first glimpse of the violent process by which most of the gold and silver in the universe was created. The collision, known as a kilonova,...
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Is the Universe a hologram? The Greek researcher behind the findings explains

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[:el] The universe could turn out to be a “vast and complex hologram”, meaning that life in 3D is an illusion, astrophysicists have said. Researchers from the University of Southampton, working with colleagues from Canada and Italy, say they have found substantial evidence of a...
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Greek coordinator in the space weather prediction project

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[:el] Weather in space can be quiet or agitated just like weather on Earth. There are winds, clouds, and storms. However, they are very different from those on Earth. In space, winds, clouds, and storms don’t consist of air and water droplets, but of tiny,...
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Detected Super-Earth atmosphere for the first time

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[:el] For the first time astronomers were able to analyse the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the class known as super-Earths. Using data gathered with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and new analysis techniques, the exoplanet 55 Cancri e is revealed to have a dry...
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Greek detects Jupiter-like storm on small, cool star

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[:el] Astronomers, led by a Greek researcher, have discovered what appears to be a tiny star with a giant, cloudy storm, using data from NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes. The dark storm is akin to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: a persistent, raging storm larger...
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Searching to discover new galaxies

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[:el] Dr. Leonidas Moustakas is a Research Scientist, astrophysicist, working in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), being part of the “greek community” of four other scientists, Anezina Solomonidou, Antonis Bloom, Anastasios Petropoulos and Panagiotis Kourdis, that also work there. He is interested in fundamental questions...
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Greek astrophysicist awarded with the Hans Bethe Prize

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[:el] Northwestern University astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera won the 2016 Hans A. Bethe Prize from the American Physics Society (APS). The top-level astrophysics and nuclear physics prize recognizes outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics or closely related...
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Studies the potential to discover life beyond our planet

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[:el] Anezina Solomonidou is a PostDoctoral Research Fellow in NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) She was born on the 29th of September 1983 and comes from the beautiful Greek island of Milos, which has a rich geological interest and a very unique morphology. Spending a lot...

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