Smithsonian names Ellen Stofan Under Secretary for Science and Research
Ellen Stofan is currently director of the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum. Photo by Jim Preston, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
WASHINGTON, DC
.- Ellen Stofan, director of the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum, has been named the Smithsonians Under Secretary for Science and Research, effective March 14.
In this role, Stofan will lead the Institutions collective scientific efforts and commitment to research. The position oversees the Smithsonians science museums, science research centers and Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. This includes the National Museum of Natural History, the National Zoo and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the Museum Conservation Institute, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Stofan will report to Meroe Park, Deputy Secretary and
A fog lifts over the campus of Sitting Bull College (SBC) in Fort Yates, North Dakota, as the sun rises over the Missouri River to the east. To the west, a white wind turbine is revealed at the top of the neighboring hill, the first to come in the community. Between the current campus buildings and the hill, architects are finishing drafts of a new state-of-the-art science center.
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Reclusive Neutron Star Thought Found among Debris of Famous Supernova
Astronomers now have evidence from two X-ray telescopes (Chandra and NuSTAR) for a key component of a famous supernova remnant.
Supernova 1987A was discovered on Earth on February 24, 1987, making it the first such event witnessed during the telescopic age.
For decades, scientists have searched for a neutron star in SN 1987A, i.e. a dense collapsed core that should have been left behind by the explosion.
This latest study shows that a pulsar wind nebula created by such a neutron star may be present.
Credit: NASA s Chandra X-ray Observatory
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A fog lifts over the campus of Sitting Bull College (SBC) in Fort Yates, North Dakota, as the sun rises over the Missouri River to the east. To the west, a white wind turbine is revealed at the top of the neighboring hill, the first to come in the community. Between the current campus buildings and the hill, architects are finishing drafts of a new state-of-the-art science center.
As wildfires draw attention to air quality and changes in the natural environment, and as COVID-19 provides the general public an awareness of concepts like airborne particulate matter, SBC, already a regional leader in wind energy technology education, has launched an ambitious atmospheric science curriculum and research program. In partnership with NASA, SBC has begun work on its Facility for Innovative Atmospheric Research and Education (FIARE), to be located in the heart of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. FIARE will provide the reservation and broad geographic region with air quality education, r