NSF awards up to $21.4M for design of next-gen telescopes to capture earliest moments of universe
Instruments would help us understand beginning, history, makeup of the universe
Researchers get first up-close look at mysterious planet’s atmosphere
Exoplanet GJ 1214b is too hot to be habitable, but likely contains water vapor
NSF awards $52M to upgrade Simons Observatory in Chile to explore origins of universe
Improvements include improved receiver, solar panels to power the observatory and data processing pipeline
Prof. Wendy Freedman to present Ryerson Lecture on ‘Our Expanding Universe’
Public invited to eminent astronomer’s May 15 talk at Rubenstein Forum
Erik Shirokoff, astronomer who built instruments to map the universe, 1979-2023
Known as a generous and patient mentor and teacher, Shirokoff was a faculty member in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and a senior member of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, focusing on studying the evolution of the universe and the formation of stars and galaxies.
Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe
Analysis combines Dark Energy Survey, South Pole Telescope data to understand evolution of universe
Researchers propose sending atomic clocks to space to uncover the nature of dark matter
A trip to the sun could reveal “ultralight” dark matter if it exists, study says