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Your ticket to 'Astronomy at Yale' - the movie

Mon, 03/28/2016
Astronomy at Yale, a new, 23-minute film about the faculty, students, and researchers involved in Yale astronomy — as well as their discoveries — is available for viewing on...

Open Labs members share a love of science with high school students

Thu, 03/24/2016
Yale graduate student Darryl Seligman, ’21 was recently featured in a Yale News article about his work for Open Labs, “a fellowship of graduate and professional students...

Yale shatters the cosmic distance record once again

Thu, 03/03/2016
Yale astronomers have found the farthest known galaxy in the universe — again. Less than a year after aiding in the measurement of a galaxy 13.1 billion light years into the...

Boyajian named one of "Connecticut Magazine's" 40 under 40 for 2016

Wed, 02/24/2016
Associate Research Scientist Tabetha Boyajian has been elected as one of Connecticut Magazine’s 40 under 40 for 2016.

HITS-Yale Program in Astrophysics initiative announces first Tschira Fellows

Thu, 02/18/2016
The HITS-Yale Program in Astrophysics (HYPA) is a new initiative, sponsored by the Klaus Tschira Foundation to foster collaboration between astronomers at the Heidelberg...

Yale has a front-row seat for a new, international space mission: ASTRO-H

Thu, 02/04/2016
A new science satellite, the ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory, will blast into the cosmos this month with a full payload of Yale University expertise. The project, led by the Japan...
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Yale Astronomy Department launches Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics

Wed, 11/25/2015
The Yale Astronomy Department is pleased to announce the first annual Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics (YSPA), to be held at Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and...