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‘Starry Night White House Watch Party’ looks to the sky from Leitner Observatory Oct. 19

Thu, 10/15/2015
The Astronomy Department has been invited by the White House to host a satellite “White House Astronomy Night” on Monday, October 19, 2015.  The “Starry Night Watch Party”...

Second annual Gruber Cosmology Conference at Yale celebrates prize recipients

Mon, 09/28/2015
The Gruber Foundation and the Yale Departments of Astronomy and Physics will host some of the world’s leading cosmologists at a one-day conference Oct. 2. The conference,...
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Astronomy Department moves to Hillhouse Mansions

Fri, 08/21/2015
The Astronomy Department is moving to three mansions on Hillhouse Avenue that had been formerly occupied by the Yale School of Management.  The business office and physical...
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Sorting through thickets of stars in elliptical galaxies

Thu, 08/06/2015
A Yale University astronomer has helped untangle the cosmic knots of stars at the center of giant, elliptical galaxies.   Two studies, one led by Yale’s Grant Tremblay on...
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Dust pillars of destruction reveal impact of cosmic wind on galaxy evolution

Mon, 07/27/2015
Yale astronomer Jeffrey Kenney has developed an unprecedented, clear snapshot of how powerful cosmic winds can blow through galaxies, sweeping out interstellar material and...
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Astronomers find a massive black hole that outgrew its galaxy

Thu, 07/09/2015
An international team of astronomers, including the research group of C. Megan Urry at Yale, have spotted a super-sized black hole in the early universe that grew much faster...
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For an astronomer, an insect is as worthy of observation as the cosmos

Mon, 07/06/2015
As an astronomer, Pieter van Dokkum explores celestial marvels and mysteries, but one of the most wondrous sights he’s ever witnessed is much more earthly: the metamorphosis...