News
Mon, 10/07/2024
KU Planetarium Celebrates its 1000th Visitor
The KU Planetarium celebrated its 1000th visitor on September 18th, 2024. Since its start in 2022 the planetarium has educated and entertained visitors from the public, local schools, rural Kansas, and members of the KU community.
Mon, 03/11/2024
KU Department of Physics & Astronomy professor receives prestigious NSF award for black hole research
A prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation will help Department of Physics & Astronomy researcher Elisabeth Mills continue her groundbreaking research on supermassive black holes.
Fri, 02/02/2024
Neptune-like exoplanets can be cloudy or clear — new findings suggest the reason why
A KU researcher has published findings in The Astrophysical Journal Letters showing new atmospheric detail in a set of 15 exoplanets similar to Neptune. While none could support humanity, a better understanding of their behavior might help us to understand why we don’t have a small Neptune, while most solar systems seem to feature a planet of this class.
Tue, 01/30/2024
Researchers seek to understand how regions of 'cosmic web' influence behavior of galaxies
Gregory Rudnick, professor of physics & astronomy at KU, is leading a team that recently earned a $375,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study “gas content and star-formation properties of galaxies” that are altered depending on where they are moving through the cosmos.
Wed, 05/17/2023
‘Potentially volcano-covered’ Earth-size planet found orbiting star first described by KU astronomer
Mon, 04/17/2023
A Fresh Map of Mars, From a Spacecraft Called Hope
Dimitra Atri, KU Physics & Astronomy PhD, featured in story on a new Mars map. Can also be found here: https://www.space.com/uae-mars-hope-orbiter-new-map. ...