- María José López Pourailly
Dr. Kathy Vivas, Astronomer: "A new era is starting for Astronomy "
Borned in Venezuela, graduated in Physics from the University of Los Andes and PhD in Astrophysics from Yale University, Kathy Vivas works as a support astronomer at the Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory, in La Serena, Chile. And it was from there that Vivas, along with a large team of scientists scattered around the world, participated in the project that resulted in the earliest observations of a ‘kilonova’: the fusion of two neutron stars 130 million years ago in the galaxy NGC4993, constellation of Hydra. We talked with her about the importance of this collaboration and how the work was carried out.


En 2017, de las 64 instituciones afiliadas a RENATA, 24 utilizan el VC Espresso, la solución de conferencia en línea para seminarios, reuniones y educación virtual provista por RENATA y RedCLARA que permite la realización de sesiones de trabajo colaborativo entre usuarios localizados en diferentes puntos geográficos.
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