MacGregor and Connors’s students pointing their radio antennas.

Mapping the Milky Way in a can of olive oil

May 16, 2023

Assistant Professor Meredith MacGregor and NIST Physicist Jake Connors taught their graduate students how to build and use radio horn antennas to locate neutral hydrogen in space.

iPhone moon phases photo composite

Taking solar eclipse photos is a snap with gizmo astronomer developed

Jan. 25, 2023

Doug Duncan, former director of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ’s Fiske Planetarium, developed the Solar Snap with today’s smartphone cameras in mind.

Aerial photo of campus

Research & Innovation Office names newest Faculty Fellow cohort

Dec. 9, 2022

The Research and Innovation Office has announced the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 17 faculty members from departments and research institutes spanning the campus.

Old Main

College names five teaching professors of distinction

Sept. 16, 2022

These faculty are being recognized for their outstanding records in teaching, service and leadership.

NASA is going back to the Moon

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit—here’s what to expect and why it’s important

Aug. 31, 2022

When the Orion Crew Capsule orbits the Moon there will be no one on board. But the mission will mark a key step in bringing humans back to Earth’s dusty sidekick.

Stellar Death

‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’: New space telescope gives first glimpses of universe

July 13, 2022

Astrophysicist John Bally takes a look at the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope—an instrument that is gazing farther into space and time than anything ever built by humans.

image of galaxies

Putting the theory of special relativity into practice, by counting galaxies

May 31, 2022

‘I love the idea that this basic principle that Einstein told us about a long time ago is something you can see,’ ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ astrophysicist says.

A group of audience watch video at the Fiske Planetarium of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ.

Fiske Planetarium, emeritus prof awarded $2 million NASA grant

May 23, 2022

This grant will be used to produce full dome videos that will educate the public on NASA’s latest scientific endeavors including two upcoming solar eclipses.

A nearby, young megamaser as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

Discovery of cosmic ‘spotlight’ could reveal clues about evolution of galaxies

April 28, 2022

Astrophysicists have discovered a 5.4 billion-year-old megamaser—a beam of laser-like light that emerged when two galaxies crashed into each other

Rocky Mountain National Park and Milkyway

Undergrads are setting their sights for the stars

April 18, 2022

New astronomy program features ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ interns giving Rocky Mountain National Park visitors a tour of the night skies.

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