13 March 2023
Unexpected Passing of Alexander Kann
We are very shocked to hear the news of the unexpected passing of ENGRAVE member David Alexander Kann (Alex).
01 June 2021
Chryssa Kouveliotou awarded the Shaw prize
We congratulate ENGRAVE member, professor Chryssa Kouveliotou, who was awarded the 2021 Shaw prize in astronomy, jointly with professor Victoria Kaspi, for “their contributions to our understanding of magnetars”.
31 March 2021
ENGRAVE scientists awarded JWST time
In the life of professional astronomers, it is a nail-biting moment when the results from a call for proposals are announced. But March 30, 2021, was a very special day, as the Space Telescope Space Institute announced the allocation for the first year (Cycle 1) of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This is the forthcoming next-generation space telescope, due to be launched later this year, on October 31st (update: JWST was finally launched on December 25th, 2021), and a cornerstone mission in the history of astronomy.
07 February 2020
The needle and the haystack
No firm electromagnetic counterpart of the first black hole / neutron star merger has been found by ENGRAVE. But the hunt continues!
15 November 2019
2nd ENGRAVE collaboration meeting
The second ENGRAVE all-hands meeting was held on November 12-14th, 2019, at the INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory, Naples, under beautiful blue skies and the shadow of Vesuvius. We thank the local organisers led by Maria Teresa Boticella, Aniello Grado and their team of Fabio Ragosta, Pietro Schipani, Andrea Di Dato, Maria Teresa Fulco, A. Maiorica and R. Aiello. ENGRAVE thanks GRAWITA and the Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) for their generous support of the meeting, and the Director of the Capodimonte Observatory, Marcella Marconi, for hosting us.