The new telescope, under construction in Chile, may help astronomers observe the “web” of dark matter and gas connecting galaxies.
Make way for MOTHRA, the world’s largest...
Yale junior Donglin Wu leads a new study showing that some of the biggest stars in the universe shed some of the smallest dust particles.
It’s fitting that Yale junior...
Congratulations to Ray Jayawardhana ’94—one of Yale’s standout astronomy and physics majors of the early 1990s who has been named the 10th president of the California...
The Astronomy department is deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of one of its stalwarts - brilliant scholar, visionary leader, inspiring teacher and mentor Prof...
A Yale-led astronomy team may have discovered the first direct evidence of a supermassive black hole just after it formed — in a galaxy they’re calling “Infinity.”
Yale...
Twenty Distinguished Naturalized Citizens Honored as Carnegie Corporation of New York Celebrates 20 Years of Great Immigrants, Great Americans Tribute. Since 2006, the...
Astronomers have discovered a “jellyfish” galaxy whose unusual shape and internal mechanisms — including distinctive “bunny ears” and an inner “tail” — are giving researchers...
