Astronomers find a tiny star system with a tantalizing story to tell
If confirmed as a galaxy, the system would be the faintest galaxy ever discovered — and may suggest that...
Quang Tran, a new recipient of the prestigious 51 Pegasi b fellowship who will join Yale this fall as a postdoctoral fellow, has begun a promising line of research on the...
Congratulations to the current and alumni members of the Yale Astronomy and Physics departments for their contributions to the book “Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for...
Understanding that even planets in pristine solar systems have some orbital tilt puts Earth’s solar system into a larger perspective, researchers say.
Scientists have long...
Astronomers have found the oldest-known X-ray quasar in the universe — and its properties align exactly with predictions for a new class of distant objects made by Yale...
In a new study, Yale undergrad Andy Nilipour used supernovae to narrow the search for alien civilizations.
When you’re searching the skies for signs of extraterrestrial...
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...
