Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Scientists find an unusual star that hints at a new way stars can die Artist rendition of an explosion that generated an unusual star

Scientists find an unusual star that hints at a new way stars can die

Discovery by UChicago astrophysicists may change our picture of how stars explode and elements are made

Donald G. York honored for ‘exceptional vision’ in helping to found the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Prof. Emeritus Don York stands in front of a chalkboard with arms folded

Donald G. York honored for ‘exceptional vision’ in helping to found the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Eminent UChicago astronomer to receive 2022 George Van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society

A UChicago astronomer’s decades-long quest to map millions of stars Astronomer Richard Kron works at Yerkes Observatory with an unidentified UChicago student (c. 1995)

A UChicago astronomer’s decades-long quest to map millions of stars

Hubble pushed beyond limits to spot clumps of new stars in distant galaxy An illustration portrays what distant star-formation regions might look like up close

Hubble pushed beyond limits to spot clumps of new stars in distant galaxy

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Changes the Face of Astronomy

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Changes the Face of Astronomy

272 stars gave their lives for the photo spread on cosmic explosions that graced pages 80 and 81 of the March 2007 National Geographic.


Steve Koppes