NEMESIS aims to readjust the current classification scheme and its characteristic timescales so that it is concurrent with the most recent observational and theoretical constraints. To meet these goals NEMESIS will compile the largest, panchromatic dataset comprising of all young…
After long negotiations, the FFG-funded project FORMES, is about to start at the Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna. Formation and early Evolution of Stars (FORMES) is an innovative project that will build and leverage on the large amount of space…
In our recently accepted publication we describe the content and basic properties collection of panchromatic datasets of 85 protostellar sources including T-Tauri sources, transitional disks and HAeBe protostars. This possibly represents the largest and most complete collection of its kind. Each…
Celebrating 400 years from the publication of Harmonices Mundi, in this public talk I will go beyond Kepler’s contribution to modern astronomy and the laws of planetary motion, I will instead present the development of ideas throughout this monumental work,…
We are excited to announce the “Star formation in the time domain” meeting which will be in the form of a special session during the 2019 European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (24-28 June, 2019 in Lyon, France, https://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2019/. As hinted…
To understand the formation of stars and planets it is crucial to first determine the characteristic timescales that describe each stage of protostellar growth. Classification of major phases and durations of protostellar evolution first began more than 20 years ago,…
From Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th of August 2018, a teacher training for secondary level teachers will be offered shortly before the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union. During this teacher training, four topics will be introduced in teaser…
This August, Vienna will welcome more than 3000 astronomers from over 88 countries at the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union. The conference includes also several events for the local community, free and open to the public. I am…
Mid- and far-infrared observations of the environment around embedded protostars reveal a plethora of high excitation molecular and atomic emission lines. In this paper recently accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics we present spectro-imaging observations of the HH211 system…
Star formation in the era of Herschel and ALMA: paving the way to JWST The birth of Sun-like stars is a complex process where several physical processes are involved but whose respective roles are not yet clear. On the one…