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September 17 - September 18, 2025

CCAPP Fellows Symposium 2025

Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: PRB 1080 & Zoom
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September 23, 2025

CCAPP Seminar - Ellis Owen

Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom
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September 25, 2025

62nd Alpheus Smith Lecture: Dr. Andrea Ghez

Event Start Time: 8:00 pm
Event Location: McPherson 1000
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September 30, 2025

CCAPP Seminar - Gokul Srinivasaragavan

Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom

Recent News

DESI map of the large-scale structure of the universe

DESI Collaboration to Receive 2026 Berkeley Prize

By Paul Martini

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration has been awarded the 2026 Lancelot M. Berkeley – New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. This…

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Dusty structure explains near vanishing of faraway star

By Tatyana Woodall

Stars die and vanish from sight all the time, but astronomers were puzzled when one that had been stable for more than a decade almost disappeared for eight months. 

Sculptor Galaxy

Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form

By Rebecca McClain

If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the Sculptor galaxy. And…

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Sultana Nahar receives William Fowler Award and Featured on Voices of Excellence

Dr. Sultana Nahar, a research professor in the Department of Astronomy, has received the prestigious William Fowler Award for Distinguished Research in Physics from the American Physical Society.…