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In search of the ninth planet: UPDATE
Relics of the Milky Way's First Generation of Stars
Astronomers Discover Dizzying Spin of the Milky Way Galaxy’s “Halo”
University of Michigan and IRAM agree to collaborate on NOEMA
Exciting Fellowship news
Monica Valluri honored for scholarship, service
Dr. Megan Reiter's work featured in Physics Today
Proud Sponsor of the National Society of Black Physicists Fall Conference 2016
Prof. Jon Miller receives AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division Mid-Career Award
Incoming PhD class
Undergraduate Poster Session 2017
ASTRO 461: Ground-Based Observatories
Peering into the heart of planet formation
UM-Astronomer part of Jupiter-like planet discovery
UM astronomers spot the formation of new stars in a galaxy far, far away
Solar Eclipse 2017
Abdu Zoghbi awarded a 2017 Rackham Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award
NASA Selects the Arcus X-Ray Mission for Phase A Study
Astronomy Professors Witness Mesmerizing Eclipse Viewing
University of Michigan Astronomers participate in several successful proposals to use the James Webb Space Telescope for Director’s Discretionary Early Release Science
Wrong way, hot Jupiter
Graduate Students win top fellowships to pursue research
Fireball Over Michigan
Dr. Megan Reiter is part of a team that found a jet from a Massive Young Stellar Object (MYSO) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
The Mystery of the Missing Matter
Winter 2018 Events and Celebrations
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Astronomy Artist
Trio of Infant Planets Discovered around Newborn Star
VLT/SPHERE confirmation image of a newborn exoplanet
The Milky Way’s long-lost sibling finally found
Spectacular Image of Abell 370 Galaxy Cluster Captured by BUFFALO Survey
U-M astronomers use NuSTAR at >8keV to study the cosmic rays of supernova remnant SN1006
U-M astronomers to use NASA’s Webb Telescope to weigh a black hole
U-M astronomers confirm collision between two Milky Way satellite galaxies
A recap of Fall Preview Weekend 2018
Giving Blueday 2018
Jon Miller appointed as a co-chair for NASA's Athena Study Team
Congratulations to John Monnier for the 2019 AAS Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation
Edwin A. Bergin Wins the 2019 Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
The lonely giant: Milky Way-sized galaxy lacking galactic neighbors
MIRC-X gives sharpest-ever view of stars and planet-forming discs
Do you like Earth’s solid surface and life-inclined climate? Thank your lucky (massive) star
Congratulations to Emily Rauscher for being selected as a 2019 Cottrell Scholar
Planet Nine: U-M astronomers optimistic about its existence, hope to see more evidence soon
How galactic bubbles produce energetic particles
U-M researchers confirm massive hyper-runaway star ejected from the Milky Way Disk
Dr. Traci Johnson awarded Rackham Proquest Distinguished Dissertation Award and Insight Data Science Fellowship
Astronomers determine mass of small black hole at center of nearby galaxy
Farewell to our outgoing Ph.D. students
Jenny Calahan and Benjamin Setterholm Awarded NASA FINESST Grants
U-M Astronomy pleased to host 51 Peg b Fellows
A Reflection on Astro 461
Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster to magnify X-ray emissions of an early-forming galaxy
Don’t go chasing (gas) waterfalls—unless you’re an astronomer studying planet formation
Giving Blueday 2019
Giant Magnetic Ropes in a Galaxy's Halo
The unpredicted black hole
U-M NextProf Science 2020 Opportunity through the Department of Astronomy
U-M Astronomy faculty honored at AAS
U-M Astronomy faculty announced as AAS Fellows
Understanding black hole ejections
Juliette Becker awarded ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Francisco Holguin awarded NASA FINESST Grant
METIS passes preliminary design review for the European Southern Observatory Extremely Large Telescope
Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe
U-M Astronomy pleased to host 51 Peg b Fellows
The Best Comet in a Decade is now Visible
IMAGE RELEASE: Magnetic Field of a Spiral Galaxy
Scientists discover warped disk ‘torn apart by stars’
Introducing the Everything Astronomy Student Podcast
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Critical For GPS, Seen In Distant Stars
Most isolated massive stars are kicked out of their clusters
ESO ELT Instrumentation Program Participation
On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole
Astronomers discover most distant quasar
Renee Ludlam awarded the AAS 2021 HEAD Dissertation Prize
Nuria Calvet recognized as a role model in astronomy and engineering
Astronomy majors win Chambliss Student Poster Awards for AAS 237
#GivingBlueday 2021
Astronomy students receive prestigious Rackham fellowships
Dr. Adi Foord selected as recipient of the 2020 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon’s interstellar journey to Earth
Congratulations 2021 Graduates!
2021 Astronomy Undergraduate Poster Session
Space Together
Emily Rauscher awarded 2022 Simons Foundation Fellowship in Theoretical Physics
Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black hole
Adam Smercina awarded Ralph B. Baldwin Prize in Astronomy
Zhijie Qu selected as recipient of the 2021 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Ryan MacDonald to join U-M's Department of Astronomy as a Sagan Fellow in fall 2022
Colossal black holes locked in dance at heart of galaxy
U-M astronomers anticipate launch of James Webb Space Telescope
International team, including U-M astronomer, observes planet orbiting b Centauri
U-M astronomers suggest radiation, not supernovae, drives superwinds in some galaxies
ALMA study reveals the many molecular faces of protoplanetary disks
Astronomy and Physics double major awarded prestigious 2022 Goldwater Scholarship
2022 Astronomy Undergraduate Research Symposium
Black holes raze thousands of stars to fuel growth
Astronomy Graduation Program & Celebration
U-M scientist part of group to reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy
Astronomers find ‘gold standard’ star in Milky Way
Prof. Chris Miller selected as recipient of LSA's 2022 John Dewey Award
Department Chief Administrator, Bebe Zuniga-Valentino, recipient of Robin Sarris Outstanding Supervisor Award
A fond farewell to retiring Professor Lee W. Hartmann
Department research on nearby galaxies showcased at AAS and described in Sky and Telescope
NASA releases first images from Webb telescope: U-M experts available
Archived News
2015
October 2015
Michael Meyer to join Astronomy Department
Astronomers Catch Black Hole Shredding Star
September 2015
Hazel "Doc" Losh, First Female Faculty Member in Astronomy, Featured on U-M Heritage Site
Dark energy probe involving U-M reaches critical milestone
August 2015
Researchers in the Department of Astronomy Find Universe's Smallest Supermassive Black Hole
Cool Gas and Active Galaxies
July 2015
Katherine Freese developed a revolutionary theory about a new kind of star
June 2015
Professor Eric Bell receives John Dewey Award
NextProf Science Seeks to Diversify Academia
May 2015
Congratulations class of 2015
April 2015
2015 Undergraduate Research Poster Session
Pictures from the 2015 Mohler Prize lecture
U-M Scientists Help Build Next-Generation Dark Energy Probe
February 2015
Michigan Astronomy hosts laboratory workshop
2015 Distinguished Alumni Lecture Photos
January 2015
Sharing Her Love of the Sky
John Monnier: Still Pushing the Limits of Interferometry
2014
December 2014
2014 Holiday Party pictures
Research by LSA Astronomers Helps Prove Earth's Water Didn't Come from Melted Comets
Making Alien Worlds Her Home
October 2014
Pictures From the Oct. Eclipse Viewing
Michigan Instrument Provides Sharpest View Yet of Stellar Explosion
Prof. Jon M. Miller Receives Faculty Recognition Award
September 2014
Fall 2014 Welcome pictures
August 2014
Work featured in Nature Research Highlights
July 2014
John Monnier Recieves Award for Astronomical Interferometry
We’re Moving!
Prof. Sharon’s work featured
May 2014
Congratulations to the Class of 2014
April 2014
2014 Undergraduate Poster Fair
LSA Astronomer David Nidever Says New Stars Have Been Found In The Milky Way
March 2014
Two articles in the spring NOAO newsletter
February 2014
Tracing Carbon
Pictures from the 2014 Mohler Prize - Prof. Martha Haynes
Former U-M Observatory Becomes First Digital Planetarium in sub-Saharan Africa
January 2014
A Feast for the Eyes
2013
December 2013
Seeing the Unseeable: Black Holes and Revelation by Dr. Reis on YouTube
November 2013
The Galaxy Collision Next Door
October 2013
Rudi Linder Discusses UFOs on Michigan Radio
September 2013
Department updates, September 2013
July 2013
Students Use Arizona Observatory for New Course
A snow line in an infant solar system: Astronomers take first images
May 2013
Congratulations to the Class of 2013
April 2013
Green Pea Galaxies
March 2013
Young supernova remains found by U-M astronomer
Congratulations to Michigan Astronomy graduates!
2012
November 2012
An Over-Massive Black Hole in the Compact Lenticular Galaxy NGC1277
"Gravitational Lensing -- Nature's Largest Telescopes" by Keren Sharon
October 2012
Distinguished Alumni visit for a talk
August 2012
Dying Star Provides New Opportunities For Testing Relativity
July 2012
Professor Calvet receives Collegiate Professorship
June 2012
Angell Hall Featured in LSA Video
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