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...
C. Megan Urry’s research team has solved the mystery of the origin of quasars. Using infrared imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope, they confirmed that quasars are...
Professor Charles Bailyn was interviewed by Physics Today about his new textbook, What Does a Black Hole Look Like? The full interview can be found at the below URL.
Yale Hubble Fellow Michelle Collins is featured in a 2.5 minute documentary called “The Running Astronomer” as part of the Saucony Seekers campaign, a marketing effort by the...
The Yale Astronomy Department has renewed its agreement with the University of Chile (Calan) for a comprehensive program of research collaboration for another three years,...
Pieter van Dokkum has discovered the most diffuse class of galaxies known in the universe, along with his team of international researchers. These “fluffiest galaxies” are...
Yale Postdoc Pascal Oesch led an international team of astronomers in discovering the most distant galaxy currently measured. The discovery has pushed back the cosmic...
