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Grad Student Kara Green wins award at 2025 NSBP Conferece

Kara Green presented at the 2025 NSBP Conference in November and won the Beth Brown Award for Best Oral Presentation.

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“Super-Jupiter” Study Upends Science’s Understanding of Massive Planets

A new study, coauthored by University of Virginia astronomer Yifan Zhou, reveals extraordinary weather on a planet researchers are calling a “super-Jupiter,” challenging  assumptions that massive exoplanets resemble our own Solar System’s gas giants. 

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A&S Scholars Named Among World’s Most Influential Researchers

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.

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Astronomers Make First Radio Detection of Rare Supernova Type

UVA Astronomers unlocking secrets of stellar death.

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.

Daniela De Paulis (GBO Artist in Residence)
November 30, 2022
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
ER 230 + Zoom
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Ned Molter (UC Berkeley)
August 30, 2022
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
CV Aud + Zoom
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Huabai Li (CU Hong Kong)
April 5, 2022
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
Zoom
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Education and Public Outreach Meeting
October 20, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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