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Kelsey Johnson on PBS Virginia Homegrown

Professor Johnson discusses how dark skies effect plant life in Virignia

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Profs. Majewski, Li Endowed Professors

Professors Steven Majewski and Zhi-Yun Li were honored by UVA as endowed professors at a celebratory Investiture Ceremony.

Dark Matter Radio Telescope on Pilot Project Podcast

Professor Brad Johnson talks to the Pilot Project Podcast about the new Dark Matter Radio Telescope.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged an extremely large and symmetric protostellar jet at the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. From tip to tip, this protostellar jet is 8 light-years across, about double the distance from our Sun to its closest neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri.

Massive Star Formation with the JWST

UVA Astronomers unlocking secrets of massive star formation.

Join Us for Public Nights at McCormick Observatory!

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.

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