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Black hole illustration
Astrophysics
Can one cosmic mystery help solve another?
Published Aug 24, 2016
Astrophysicists from Johns Hopkins propose using mysterious fast radio bursts to help detect dark matter
Adam Riess
Space scholar
Nobel laureate Adam Riess named 22nd BDP
Published July 8, 2016 Video
Astrophysicist won 2011 Nobel Prize in physics for his team's discovery that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating
Space Studies
Universe expanding faster than predicted
Published June 3, 2016
JHU Nobel laureate Adam Riess says findings could shed light on composition of the universe
Space exploration
First for CLASS
Published May 19, 2016 Video
High-powered telescope peering into origins of the universe receives 'first light'
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
Wave Hunters
Wave hunters
Published Spring 2016
Johns Hopkins astrophysicists seek to find out what happened after the Big Bang / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Great Barred Spiral Galaxy
What a blast
A galaxy far, far away
Published Dec 18, 2015
Spectrographic telescope could yield clues about how galaxies grow
Black hole devours star
Published Nov 26, 2015
JHU scientist leads international team in observing black hole swallowing star, ejecting flare moving at nearly the speed of light
JHU cosmologist honored
Published Oct 1, 2015
Alex Szalay receives IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award
CLASS trip
Moving toward 'first light'
Published Sept 30, 2015 Video
High-powered JHU telescope, designed to explore early universe, prepares to relocate to Chile