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Astrophysicists present first evidence of gravitational wave ‘background’
Wed, 06/28/2023
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...

Zili Shen and Kaustav Mitra - Yale 2023 3-Minute Thesis Competition Divisional Winners
Thu, 03/16/2023
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...
Images of three candidate massive galaxies, seen 500-800 million years after the Big Bang. The galaxies have a similar number of stars as the Milky Way, but they look different: the stars are packed very tightly together. These images are a composite of separate exposures taken by the James Webb Space Telescope using the NIRCam instrument. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology). Image processing: G. Brammer (Niels Bohr Institute’s Cosmic Dawn Center at the University of Copen

Early universe may be ‘teeming’ with bright galaxies, new data reveals
Wed, 02/22/2023
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...

Astronomers take a deeper, detailed look at a distant galaxy ‘megacluster’
Wed, 02/15/2023
Say cheese, Pandora. An international team of astronomers, including researchers from Yale, has unveiled the latest deep field image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (...

Leitner observatory re-opens planetarium theater
Mon, 02/06/2023
Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium recently resumed a full schedule of planetarium shows. Stargazing on Science Hill is back at full strength. Yale’s Leitner...

These animated universes are filled with astrophysics
Tue, 01/31/2023
Astronomy Professor, Marla Geha, recently sent her “ASTR 160” students back to the drawing board for some universal truths. While aimed at non-science majors, the lecture...

Seven Yale faculty members named AAAS fellows
Tue, 01/31/2023
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected seven Yale faculty members as part of its latest class of fellows. One of the fellows is Priyamvada...