The Artemis II mission, scheduled to launch on Wednesday, will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey from Earth around the moon – the first time humans will travel that far into space since 1972. While the crew will not land on the moon, the mission marks a major step toward returning people to the lunar surface.
Astronomers at the University of Virginia have identified one of the most iron-poor stars ever observed outside the Milky Way, a discovery that offers rare insight into how the very first stars lived and died.
Astronomers have captured the first radio waves ever detected from a rare class of exploding star, a discovery that has given them an unprecedented look into the final years of a massive star before its death in a powerful stellar explosion called a supernova.
Four faculty members from the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences have been named to Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list, which recognizes scholars whose work ranks in the top 1% of citations worldwide.
McCormick Observatory Public Night Program
Leander McCormick Observatory is open on the FIRST and THIRD Friday nights of every month (except holidays) year-round.
Tickets are released one month in advance on the first business day of the month, around noon.
