L&S News  Tag: Astronomy

Researchers with the Wisconsin Center for Origins Research have discovered their first exoplanet, a 170-million-year-old planet more than 2.5 times larger than the Earth.

Elena D’Onghia is part of a team that identified a cosmic object unlike any previously observed.

The first images from the observatory were livestreamed and viewed at watch parties worldwide. The stream ended with a Q&A session moderated by Eric Wilcots, College of Letters & Science dean and astronomy professor.

An international team of scientists led by astronomers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison has produced the most accurate measurement of the gases swirling around young stars and how their mass changes over time.

Six things we’ve learned from the James Webb Space Telescope.

A pair of L&S alumni receive prestigious MacArthur Fellowships, honoring their work to impact society in significant and beneficial ways.

Back-to-school can feel frantic — not just for students but for professors, too. L&S faculty members offer some insight into the ways they ready themselves for classes.

Astronomers, like professor Sebastian Heinz, take advantage of once-in-a-lifetime exploding star to map the structure of the Milky Way.

Professor of astronomy discusses CREW HaT, a series of coils her team of researchers are working on that uses magnetic fields to deflect radioactive particles away from space stations and the astronauts inside them.