Rosemary Coogan facts for kids
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Rosemary Coogan
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Coogan in 2022
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| Born | 1991 (age 33–34) |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex (PhD) University College, Durham (MPhys, MSc) |
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| Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics CNES |
| Thesis | The impact of environment on galaxy evolution : starburst and AGN activity (2019) |
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| Selection | 2022 ESA Group |
Rosemary Theresa Coogan (born in 1991) is a scientist who studies space, called an astrophysicist. She is also an astronaut from Northern Ireland in the UK. Rosemary studies how galaxies change over time and uses special telescopes in space. She is now part of the ESA's team of astronauts.
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Growing Up and School
Rosemary went to Brighton & Hove High School. It's now called Brighton Girls. When she was younger, she also trained with the military. She became a petty officer with the Sea Cadets. In 2009, she joined two ships, HMS Calliope and HMS Example. There, she became an Officer cadet. Later, she was promoted to Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve.
University Studies
Rosemary studied Physics at Durham University. She graduated in 2013. She stayed at Durham for her master's degree. There, she studied gamma-ray astronomy with Paula Chadwick. This involved using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. She looked at gamma-rays from very bright objects called quasars.
Rosemary also worked with data science. She helped develop computer models. These models could find unusual things from robot sensors.
Studying Galaxies
Rosemary then went to the University of Sussex. She worked on her PhD there. Her research was about how galaxies change. She also studied active galactic nuclei, which are super bright centers of some galaxies.
She found that galaxies in crowded areas form stars faster. This might be because they crash into each other more often. Near the end of her PhD, she made fake images of space. This helped plan for future observations with the Square Kilometre Array telescope.
Space Career
After her PhD, Rosemary worked at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. This was in Germany. She continued to study how galaxies change. She used telescopes that are in space.
In 2022, Rosemary joined the CNES, which is France's space agency. She works on important space missions there. These include the Euclid mission and the James Webb Space Telescope.
Becoming an Astronaut
In 2022, Rosemary was chosen by the European Astronaut Corps. She joined the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group. She said she wanted to be an astronaut to help us learn more from space.
Rosemary finished her basic training at the European Astronaut Centre. She graduated on April 22, 2024. She was part of the "The Hoppers" group of new astronauts.
