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Black Holes ‘Gone on Holiday?’ UK Student Helps Astronomy Community Understand Unexpected Phenomenon

Aug 4, 2020, 9:07 AM

“Astronomy is an entirely observational science — we cannot do an experiment or make physical measurements. So we have to simulate what we observe with computers."

UK Astronomy Student Leads Study on Shape, Structures of Milky Way Galaxy

Apr 21, 2020, 11:01 AM

Austin Hinkel, a doctoral student in UK's Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the lead author of a new paper that published today in the Astrophysical Journal (ApJ).

NASA Recognizes UK Student for 'Excellent Work' on Hercules Project

Aug 8, 2019, 9:06 AM

James Tyler Nichols is one of four UK students who were selected for the highly competitive NASA Academy at NASA Langley Research Center. The academy is an intense multidisciplinary research project that requires significant commitment.

UK Professor Leads Effort to Develop World’s Largest, Most Inclusive 'Stellar Library'

Jan 10, 2019, 10:06 AM

Renbin Yan, an associate professor of physics and astronomy in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, is the principal investigator of the MaNGA Stellar Library project — the biggest and most inclusive star library ever made.

UK Professor's Project Helps Astronomy Community Study the Stars

Dec 6, 2018, 8:31 AM

Since 1981, with continuous funding from NSF and NASA, UK astronomer Gary Ferland has used computing to better understand our universe. He developed Cloudy, a computer code that predicts how light is emitted so scientists can interpret the light received from celestial bodies.

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