Princeton part of $40 million Simons Observatory

PRINCETON RESEARCHERS will have an integral role in the Simons Observatory, a new astronomy facility in South America recently established with a $38.4 million grant from the Simons Foundation. The observatory will investigate cosmic microwave Continue Reading →

Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour

Authors: Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History and a former visiting research scientist at Princeton; Michael Strauss, Princeton professor of astrophysical sciences; and J. Richard Gott, Continue Reading →

The Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe

Author: J. Richard Gott Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016 (available February) Professor of Astrophysics J. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our universe is like a sponge made Continue Reading →

JEREMIAH OSTRIKER and LYMAN PAGE receive Gruber Cosmology Prize

The 2015 Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize has been awarded to Jeremiah Ostriker and Lyman Page for “individual and collective contributions to the study of the universe on the largest scales.” The two share the prize Continue Reading →

Jeremiah Ostriker named White House Champion of Change

Jeremiah Ostriker, the Charles. A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation, Emeritus, was recognized as one of 13 White House Champions of Change during a ceremony at the White House for Continue Reading →