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A nighttime photo of the CLASS telescopes with a starry sky and milky way galaxy in the background
Astrophysics
A clearer picture of our galaxy and beyond
Published Feb 27, 2024
Results demonstrate novel strategy to probe the physics and history of the universe
Charles Bennett
Faculty honors
Astrophysicist Chuck Bennett earns prestigious Rumford Prize
Published Jan 13, 2022
Bennett led the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, which 'transformed our view of the universe'; he will be recognized in a ceremony next month
Charles L. Bennett poses with gold and silver WMAP device
Breakthrough Prize
Big Breakthrough for Bennett
Published Dec 3, 2017
Johns Hopkins astrophysicist Charles Bennett shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for groundbreaking WMAP space mission
Charles L. Bennett
Cosmology
Bennett honored for 'transformative' work
Published June 30, 2017
Astrophysicist receives 2017 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for 'transformative effect in cosmology'
Space exploration
First for CLASS
Published May 19, 2016 Video
High-powered telescope peering into origins of the universe receives 'first light'
Space@Hopkins
Space initiative blasts off
Published May 13, 2016
Effort launches with goal of bringing researchers together
Interdisciplinary
Two new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors
Published Dec 15, 2015
Esteemed Johns Hopkins faculty members Charles Bennett, Andrew Feinberg honored with appointments
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
Bennett wins physics honor
Published May 13, 2015
Tomassoni Chisesi Prize recognizes leadership in two experiments that reshaped our view of the universe
CLASS project
Looking back in time
Published May 27, 2014 Video
Johns Hopkins astrophysics team builds telescope to study origins of the universe