Galaxy dynamics are confronted with one of the deepest problems of modern physics: the dark matter problem. The motions of stars and gas observed exceed what can be explained by the mass visible in ...

Vogelsberger grew up in Germany, and received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Mainz and his PhD from the University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ...

The world is in an extraordinary era of astronomy — thanks to a suite of existing and upcoming facilities designed to study the universe across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The James Webb ...

Dr. Arno Penzias, recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics, will give a non-technical illustrated talk on “A Personal View of the Big Bang,” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. PST. The free public ...

Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez gave her Last Lecture on May 14 to an auditorium filled with Bruins, her former students and fellow faculty. Thousands of Bruins voted for Ghez – who was one of 260 faculty ...

One of the key objectives of modern astrophysics is to understand the formation and evolution of galaxies. The Milky Way is an optimal laboratory for testing our theories of galaxy formation. However, ...

Stella Offner, associate professor of astronomy, will deliver her talk “Advancing New Frontiers in Astronomy Data Analysis, Modeling, and Discovery with Artificial Intelligence.” The Department of ...

Kip Thorne discusses his discoveries through LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory). Dr. Thorne founded the observatory and won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2017. (Emmeline Blythe ...