Attending the VFTS Barba meeting in Madrid

This year VFTS (VLT-FLAMES TaranTula Survey) 2024 meeting took place on Sep 16-18, in Madrid (Spain). That was another great opportunity for our PhD students to communicate their results and receive valuable feedback from some of the world experts in the field. In particular Gonzalo (Munoz-Sanchez) presented “Episodic mass loss …

Invited talk for the IAU G2 online conference series

IAU G2 has initiated a series of online talks on massive stars. On Thursday Sep 26 (2024) Alceste was invited to give seminar talk on our latest results in ASSESS. “Episodic Mass Loss in Evolved Massive Stars: Insights from the ASSESS project“ Abstract: Episodic mass loss is not understood theoretically, …

Contributions to IAU’s FM4: Bridging the final stages of massive stars to supernovae and transients

During the XXXII IAU General Assembly in South Africa the Focus Meeting 4: Bridging the final stages of massive stars to supernovae and transients (13-14 August 2024) had two contributions form the ASSESS team. Alceste was invited to provide an overview for variability in massive stars, while Kostas had a …

Gonzalo talks about our latest results on extreme red supergiants

Gonzalo Munoz-Sanchez arrived in Crete way in advance of the 3rd Supernova Remnants conference. That gave him the opportunity to present at the Institute of Astrophysics (FORTH) our latest results on some extreme red supergiants we have encountered during the ASSESS project. “Episodic mass loss in two evolved Red Supergiants …