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High-mass stars have major impacts on their galactic environs and on the emergence of life. How these hulking stars themselves come to be, however, is not yet fully understood.
May 06, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
A fascinating observation of a tiny star hurling out a beam four trillion times its size offers an intriguing glimpse into the range of distances astrophysicists deal with
Apr 05, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Kavli Institute researchers are continuing to broaden and deepen our knowledge of the contents and history of the cosmos
Mar 02, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
The latest in the search for low-frequency gravitational waves by members of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Feb 28, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
Kavli institute-affiliated researchers are seeking to explain an object with a bovine nickname and its newfound kin, a class of objects known as fast blue optical transients (FBOTs)
Feb 16, 2022
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The James Webb Space Telescope begins to assemble itself and undergo commissioning out on the final frontier
Feb 02, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
A research program at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe seeks to provide scientists with cutting-edge detector and instrument technologies to enable breakthrough results
Dec 17, 2021
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Highlights from Kavli Institutes around the world
Dec 16, 2021
Astrophysics Research Highlights
More cosmic data will be collected in the near future than centuries'-worth of skygazing have gathered so far – an exciting development that requires innovative approaches
Dec 13, 2021
Astrophysics Profile
Bryan Webber of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe's Collider Phenomenology group reflects on his research experiences and life at the Institute
Dec 02, 2021
Kavli Astrophysics Institutes
- Kavli Institute for Astronomy and AstrophysicsPeking University-Beijing
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological PhysicsUniversity of Chicago
- Kavli Institute for CosmologyUniversity of Cambridge
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and CosmologyStanford University
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseUniversity of Tokyo
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics is awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding of the origin, evolution and properties of the universe, including the fields of cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, planetary science, solar physics, space science, astrobiology, astronomical and astrophysical instrumentation, and particle astrophysics.
The heaven is the largest laboratory of all, so big and powerful it excites and astounds our imagination. Scientists are unlocking the secrets of the universe from the beginning into eternity, thanks to astrophysics.
- Fred Kavli