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A new spin on supermassive black holes

Wed, 09/23/2020
New observational research suggests that supermassive black holes — the mysterious, light-swallowing objects at the heart of nearly all large galaxies — are spinning like...

GRE requirement dropped

Tue, 06/16/2020
Due in part to the difficulties and challenges in taking the GRE test this year, the Yale Department of Astronomy has decided that the General and Physics GRE test will not...

Ahoy! ‘Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg

Fri, 05/29/2020
‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through Earth’s solar system, has been called many things: a comet, an asteroid, a cigar-shaped spaceship. Now it has a...

Under pressure, black holes feast

Fri, 05/22/2020
A new, Yale-led study shows that some supermassive black holes actually thrive under pressure. It has been known for some time that when distant galaxies — and the...

Congratulations Class of 2020

Mon, 05/18/2020
To all of our Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 graduates, we congratulate you on successfully completing your degrees! The last few months have shown us many challenges, but...

Pieter van Dokkum Receives Natural Sciences Graduate Mentor Award

Tue, 05/12/2020
Each year, Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) recognizes faculty members who are exceptional advocates for the professional, scholarly and personal...

Yale’s EXPRES looks to the skies of a scorching, distant planet

Wed, 04/22/2020
Yale technology is giving astronomers a closer look at the atmosphere of a distant planet where it’s so hot the air contains vaporized metals. The planet, MASCARA-2 b, is 140...