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New TED-Ed video on black holes has Yale astrophysics expertise

Thu, 09/20/2018

Fabio Pacucci, a Yale postdoctoral associate, has helped create an animated video about black holes for the educational website TED-Ed. The five-minute video, “Could...

Astronomical Society of the Pacific honors Pieter van Dokkum

Tue, 08/14/2018

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has honored Yale’s Pieter van Dokkum with the 2018 Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award, which honors important research results based...

A New Frontier for Exoplanet Hunting

Wed, 07/18/2018

The first exoplanets were all found using the radial velocity method of measuring the “wobble” of a star — movement caused by the gravitational pull of an...

Greg Laughlin Named Kavli Lecturer for January 2019 Meeting

Mon, 06/25/2018

With support from the Kavli Foundation, the Vice-Presidents of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) name a special invited lecturer to kick off each semiannual AAS...

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Upcoming Events

Tue, 10/23/2018 - 2:30pm

Yale Astronomy Post-Doctoral Fellows Seminar Series - Dr. Jennifer Berger

Chemical complexity during star and planet formation: new observational and laboratory insights
Thu, 10/25/2018 - 2:30pm

Yale Astronomy & Astrophysics Colloquium - Maria Weber
Tue, 10/30/2018 - 2:30pm

Yale Astronomy Post-Doctoral Fellows Seminar Series - Dr. Shuo Kong

Massive star and cluster formation in the ALMA era: what do we learn by comparing infrared dark cloud with Orion

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Public Outreach

The Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium is open to the public for the following weekly events:

Two showings on Tuesday nights, 7pm and 8pm:
“Dynamic Earth, Exploring Earth’s Climate Engine”

Observing afterwards (at dusk), weather permitting.
Admission to Tuesday public shows is $5/person. (Free for children under 13 and Yale students). To find out more about public events, please see the LFOP website.

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The Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics, YSPA, is a 4-week residential enrichment program for rising juniors and seniors in high school.

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New Haven, CT 06511

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