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Astronomy

Inaugural American Astronomical Society Fellows
Faculty honors
Four named American Astronomical Society fellows
Published March 4, 2020
Marc Kamionkowski, Adam Riess, Joseph Silk, Rosemary F.G. Wyse named to inaugural class of more than 200 fellows chosen for contributions to astronomy and society
Conceptual illustration of a researcher looking at a curved universe
Cosmology
Take that, flat universers
Published Feb 26, 2020
Cosmologist Joseph Silk's recent analysis of the cosmic microwave background suggests that maybe, just maybe, the universe could be a curved sphere
Spiral galaxy NGC 3147
Astronomy
Hubble finds black hole disk that shouldn't exist
Published July 15, 2019
The presence of a thin accretion disk in malnourished galaxy NGC 3147 defies current astronomical theories
Stars observed by scientists
Astronomy
Elusive star has origins close to Big Bang
Published Nov 5, 2018
The newly discovered star's composition indicates that, in a cosmic family tree, it could be as little as one generation removed from the Big Bang
Colorful image of stardust
Cosmology
Measurements of the universe provide evidence of the unknown
Published July 12, 2018
Astronomers calculate most accurate measurement to date of universe's expansion rate, providing further evidence of a physics mystery
How to watch the eclipse
Published Aug 21, 2017 Video
Eisenhower Library will host an eclipse viewing party on the Beach from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
A different lens
Published Summer 2017
Popscope's Audrey Buckland wants to bring Baltimore together with pop-up telescope nights / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Space oddities
Published Winter 2016
Data from New Horizons reveals Pluto and Charon are anything but dead balls of rock / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Planetary science
How the moon was made
Published Sept 26, 2016
Stratified layer in Earth's mantle points to 'giant impact' of infant planet, research suggests
Space dust is illuminated by a quasar in an artist's rendition of the astronomical process
Hot out there
Why fewer stars are born
Published March 23, 2016
Evidence suggests radiation, winds from quasars significantly slowed star formation