About

Alyssa Goodman is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor at Harvard University & coDirector for Science at the Radcliffe Institute
Research

Star Formation, Galactic Structure, Visualization, Scientific Computing, Science Education
Teaching

Astrophysics, Data Visualization, and Prediction

Recent Presentations

New Perspectives on Star Formation, the Milky Way, and Isaac Newton, at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Friday, January 17, 2020:

goodman-newperspectivesstarform.pdf

These are Alyssa Goodman's presentation slides from the 6th annual New England Star Formation Meeting, held at the University Connecticut on January 18, 2020.

These are Alyssa Goodman's presentation slides from the 6th annual New England Star Formation Meeting, held at the University Connecticut on January 17, 2020.

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The Radcliffe Wave (AAS235 Press Conference Materials), at 235th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, Tuesday, January 7, 2020:

TheRadcliffeWave.pdf

The Radcliffe Wave is a gigantic structure that defines the shape of the Sun's local neighborhood in the Milky Way Galaxy. Its existence was first presented officially in a paper in Nature by Alves et al. on January 7, 2020.

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