Congratulations to the current and alumni members of the Yale Astronomy and Physics departments for their contributions to the book “Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for...
Understanding that even planets in pristine solar systems have some orbital tilt puts Earth’s solar system into a larger perspective, researchers say.
Scientists have long...
Astronomers have found the oldest-known X-ray quasar in the universe — and its properties align exactly with predictions for a new class of distant objects made by Yale...
In a new study, Yale undergrad Andy Nilipour used supernovae to narrow the search for alien civilizations.
When you’re searching the skies for signs of extraterrestrial...
A quintet of new studies offers the first direct evidence of a gravitational wave background, confirming standard models of black hole growth.
By Jim Shelton
Researchers...
Yale’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition challenges Ph.D. students to describe their thesis work to a non-specialist audience – in just 3 minutes!
Join us in congratulating Yale...
The Milky Way just learned it has a bunch of much older siblings.
New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed that the universe produced star-filled...