Columbia University Department of Astronomy

Astro News:

NSF Awards CU Prof CAREER Award

April 2, 2013The NSF has awarded Columbia Astronomy Professor Marcel Agüeros their prestigious CAREER award.
CU Astro Grad Awarded NSF Fellowship

April 2, 2013The NSF has awarded Astronomy graduate student Ricardo Fernández the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.
Losing the Dark Calls Attention to Light Pollution

April 2, 2013A new video, linked here at darksky.org, highlights the growing issues of light pollution in developed areas.
Columbia Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astronomy/Astrophysics

Oct 28, 2012Columbia seeks to bring exceptional scientists of outstanding potential here to produce high-quality and visible research.
Astro Prof. and his Family Donate Father's Archives to University

Sept 14, 2012The Agueros Archive documents Latino artists an activists in New York.
Milky Way Destined for Head-on Collision with Andromeda

May 31, 2012Astronomers including CU researchers have used computer modelling to predict when the Milky Way Galaxy is set to collide with Andromeda.
Cosmic Climate Change May Have Stunted Black Holes (New Scientist)

June 8, 2012CU Astro Alum Takamitsu Tanaka's work on 'Global Warming' in the early universe has been featured in the New Scientist.
CU Astro Sets Up Scopes for Transit of Venus (NYTimes)

June 5, 2012A number of groups were setting up viewing sites in New York for the transit of Venus, an astronomical event that occurs in pairs about once every century.
Astro Postdoc Receives Blavatnik Award

June 5, 2012The New York Academy of Sciences recognized Michael Hahn for his work on energy transport in the solar corona
Astronomy Graduate Students Awarded NSF Fellowship

April 28, 2012Adrian Price-Whelan and Susan Clark have both been awarded Graduate Research Fellowships by the NSF.
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Awards Astro Prof

April 28, 2012The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation has awarded Prof. Janna Levin for her outstanding research and writing in theoretical physics and astronomy.
Space Shuttle Enterprise Flies Past Columbia en Route to JFK

April 27, 2012Astronomers and physicists gathered atop Pupin Hall to watch Shuttle Enterprise's arrival in the Big Apple.
Columbia graduate student finds potential hidden galaxies

February 8, 2012CU graduate student Jana Grcevich's work on Milky Way dwarf galaxies has been featured in an article on space.com.
yt Conference Demonstrates Visualization Tools for Simulators

Jan 31, 2012Astrophysical simulators converged on the FLASH Center in Chicago for the first yt workshop, held from January 24 – 26.
Caleb Scharf Awarded AAS Prize for Best New Advanced Textbook

Jan 10, 2012The 2011 AAS Chambliss Award for the best new upper level textbook has gone to CU Astronomy Caleb Scharf, for his new text on exoplanets and astrobiology.
Forbes Names CU Astrophysics Grad in ‘Top 30 Scientists Under 30’

Dec 22, 2011Graduate student Imre Bartos appears in the 2011 “Rising Stars of Science: The Forbes 30 Under 30”.
Prospective Students: Meet Columbia Astronomers at the AAS Meeting

Dec 20, 2011Columbia University Astronomers will be presenting their research at the American Astronomical Society Meeting, Jan 8th-12th in Austin, TX.
Data Reveals Astro Majors Have Zero Unemployment Rate

Nov 10, 2011The Wall Street Journal has compiled data on unempoyment by college major. Majors with zero unemployment included Astro.
A New Opportunity: Columbia Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship

Oct 19, 2011Columbia seeks to bring exceptional scientists of outstanding potential here to produce high-quality and visible research.
CU Astro Attends Diversity Conference

Oct 19, 2011Over 15 members of the Columbia community attended the conference on Global Competitiveness Through Diversity in Austin, TX.
Interactive Exoplanets for iPad

Sept 22, 2011iPad developers brought in CU astronomers to design an educational exoplanet application.
Bringing the Invisible Universe to Your Phone

Sept 13, 2011Columbia Astronomy Postdoc and Hubble Fellow Joshua Peek has developed an app for Android that shows space at multiple wavelengths, including X-rays, gamma rays and the far infrared.
CU Astronomer Blogs for Scientific American

Sept 13, 2011Caleb Scharf brings astrobiology and the search for habitable planets to Sci Am's webpage.
Astro Welcomes New Students, New Grads Head to Germany

May 13, 2011We welcome six new graduate students and say auf Wiedersehen to our graduating members.
Columbia Astro Students Garner Fellowships

June 13, 2011One NSF Graduate fellowship and two NASA NESSF fellowships were awarded to Columbia Astro students this spring.
NY Academy of Science Awards CU Astro Prof

June 13, 2011Prof. Szabolcs Marka was selected as one of the seven faculty finalist for the 2011 Blavatnik award of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Astro Prof. Elected President of AAS

February 10, 2011Prof. David Helfand has been elected as the next president of the American Astronomical Society, the main professional organization for Astronomy in North America.
VIDEO: Fox News vs. CU Prof.

January 18, 2011Watch Prof. David Schiminovich take on the newest half-baked media controversy over the tropical versus sidereal zodiac on Fox News.
VIDEO: God's Hand at Work in the Cosmos

April 9, 2010Has a NASA telescope spotted evidence of the creator of life? If, by 'creator of life' you mean a supernova, then sure, as Prof. Marcel Agueros explained on CBS's Inside Edition.

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