Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and other institutions have found that, on average, the temperature of galaxy clusters today is 4 million degrees Fahrenheit. That is 10 times hotter than 10 billion years ago, and four times hotter than the Sun’s outermost atmosphere called the corona. The findings are published in the Astrophysical Journal.
November 10, 2020 Tags: astronomy, astrophysics, Brice Ménard, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Planck satellite, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the universe, universe expansion
| Category: Physics and Astronomy
Using a new technique originally designed to explore the cosmos, scientists have unveiled structures deep inside the Earth, paving the way towards a new map revealing what Earth’s interior looks like.
June 11, 2020 Tags: Brice Ménard, data, echoes, seismic echoes, seismology, Sequencer
| Category: Earth Science, Physics and Astronomy
Many astronomy researchers benefit from sky surveys containing millions of stars and galaxies observed by telescopes. But Brice Ménard’s colleagues say his imagination and insight make him particularly adept at discovering the universal secrets hidden in a daunting amount of data. Ménard, an astrophysicist and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, has received this year’s $250,000 President’s Frontier Award to support his exploration of astronomical data.
February 13, 2019 Tags: Brice Ménard, President Ronald J. Daniels, President's Frontier Award
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, University Administration, University-Related
By analyzing the light of hundreds of thousands of celestial objects, Johns Hopkins astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have created a unique map of enigmatic molecules in our galaxy that are responsible for puzzling features in the light from stars.The map, which can be viewed at http://is.gd/dibmap , was unveiled Jan. 8 at the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle. “Seeing where these mysterious molecules are located is fascinating,” said Brice Ménard, a professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at The Johns Hopkins University.
January 8, 2015 Tags: astronomy, Brice Ménard, diffuse interstellar bands, Milky Way, Sloan Digital Sky Survey
| Category: Natural Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Technology
Johns Hopkins astrophysicists Brice Ménard and Charles L. Bennett have been appointed to the Euclid Consortium, the international team of scientists overseeing an ambitious space telescope project designed to probe the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter. NASA, a partner in the mission, recently announced their selection to the research team for Euclid.
February 12, 2013 Tags: astronomy, Brice Ménard, Charles Bennett, dark energy, dark matter, Euclid space telescope, European Space Agency, NASA
| Category: Homewood Campus News, Physics and Astronomy, Technology
Astrophysicist Brice Ménard of the Johns Hopkins University has been selected by the Maryland Academy of Sciences as the Outstanding Young Scientist of 2012. He received the award at a ceremony to be held at the Maryland Science Center yesterday. Ménard, an assistant professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, was recognized for his research in extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology.
October 25, 2012 Tags: American Astronomical Society, Brice Ménard, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, cosmology, extragalactic astrophysics, Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Kavli Institute for Physics and Mathematics, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Maryland Science Center, Max Panck Institute for Astrophysics, Outstanding Young Scientist of 2012, Tokyo University
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, Uncategorized, University-Related
Astrophysicist Brice Ménard of The Johns Hopkins has won a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship to further support his research on extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology.
February 15, 2012 Tags: Brice Ménard, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, cosmology, Daniel Reich, dark matter, Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institut d'Astrophysiqu de Paris, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, intergalactic space, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Max Planck Institute, N. J., Paul L. Joskow, Sloan Research Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University, Tokyo University
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Institutional News, Physics and Astronomy, University-Related
