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NASA astrophysicist opened inaugural Tinsley Workshop
Sun, 10/27/2024
Julia Levy writes about the the inaugural Tinsley Workshop’s Keynote Public Talk featuring Dr. Jane Rigby, an astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center....
Discoveries and debates surrounding the formation of the first black holes in the Universe
Thu, 10/24/2024
Discoveries and debates surrounding the formation of the first black holes in the Universe from a recent KITP conference discuss the work of astrophysicist Priyamvada...
3-2-1 liftoff! ‘Rocket Science for Everyone’ soars at Yale Online
Wed, 10/09/2024
Astrophysicist Marla Geha’s new Yale Online course about rocket science is, ahem, skyrocketing in popularity. Yale astrophysicist Marla Geha was visiting U.S. Space...
The SAGA saga: Putting the Milky Way’s ‘peculiarities’ into context
Wed, 09/25/2024
A trio of new studies suggests the Milky Way has a unique configuration of satellite galaxies surrounding it. A long-term survey of small, “satellite” galaxies...
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