Astrophysics seminar featuring a talk about theoretical interpretation and observation of relativistic black hole jets, including GPU-enabled jet propagation simulations, polarized radiative transfer calculations, modeling blazar gamma-ray flares, and optical polarimetric monitoring.

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What Does Art-Science Collaboration Make Possible?

Wed, 17 Feb

A seminar connecting astrophysics research on blue straggler stars and their white dwarf companions to broader questions about telling science stories, including insights from a long-term art-science collaboration.

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Confronting binary evolution models with data through binary population synthesis

Tue, 2 Mar

Astrophysics seminar featuring a discussion of software tools and techniques for comparing binary population synthesis simulations with survey data, including binary interaction physics, black hole sources, core collapse supernovae, and their remnants. Speaker: Katie Breivik of Carnegie Mellon University. Part of the 2025-2026 Astrophysics Seminar Series.

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The Search for Other Earths

Tue, 16 Mar

Astrophysics seminar on the search for true Earth twins using extreme precision radial velocity spectrographs. The talk covers survey design, stellar noise, instrument calibration, stellar physics modeling, and next-generation Earth-finding surveys.

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The Early Evolution of Exoplanetary Systems

Tue, 30 Mar

Institute for Astrophysical Research astrophysics seminar featuring a talk on young short-period exoplanets, atmospheric inflation and escape, and the evolution of young planetary systems. The presentation includes benchmark studies of young stars and their planets from ultraviolet to infrared, early results from the JWST KRONOS program, and observations of young host stars.

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Boston University’s Institute for Astrophysical Research advances understanding of the universe through research and seminars on topics such as blazars, relativistic black hole jets, magnetic fields, and multimessenger astrophysics. Its work combines simulations, polarized light observations, and theoretical modeling across the electromagnetic spectrum.

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