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A nighttime view of Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope in August 2026. David Boettger

October 22, 2026

Now Fully Online, Simons Observatory Begins Probe of Universe’s Birth

an artist’s concept of the proposed design for NASA’s PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA). Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

October 20, 2026

Getting the billion-dollar PRIMA space telescope off the ground

The Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope will map the oldest light in the universe, the cosmic microwave background.Mark Devlin

October 14, 2026

Mountaintop microwave observatory will peer into the infant universe

Satya Gontcho A Gontcho has received a Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research Award for her work mapping the universe and probing the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

October 12, 2026

Doe Early Career Research Award

Image caption: Profs. Nitya Kallivayalil and William Wylie of the University of Virginia in front of their exhibition “Firmament”, now showing at Contemplative Science Commons in Charlottesville. Photo credit: Evan Kutsko

October 9, 2026

Firmament: New Exhibition Blends Art and Astrophysics Using 19th-Century Cyanotype and Modern Star Plates

Jonathan C. Tan, professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia, at the ALMA telescope in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Tan studies how stars form and evolve, including the formation of massive binary star systems. His research on a young binary system used observations collected over nearly eight years.

October 6, 2026

Astronomers Catch Two Massive Stars Forming a Binary Pair

This infrared image taken by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows a star-forming cloud teeming with gas, dust and massive newborn stars.

October 1, 2026

UVA Astronomers Contributing to NASA's Plans for New Mission

APOGEE_conference_photo_credit_Matthias_Steinmetz_and_Susan_Patterson

September 28, 2026

APOGEE Community Reunites in Spain to Celebrate 15 Years of Discovery

NASA Goddard

September 18, 2026

Big mysteries explained through your senses

Astronomer Mojgan Aghakhanloo, a VITA-Origins Fellow at UVA

September 8, 2026

Astronomers Solve the Mystery of ‘The Supernova Impostor’

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