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Aug 19, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Kavli astrophysics institutes researchers react to the first images from the long-heralded James Webb Space Telescope
Aug 05, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
As he eagerly awaits a next-generation x-ray space telescope, Kavli institute-affiliated researcher Dan Wilkins shares his enthusiasm for both conducting and communicating science
Aug 02, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
Kavli institute-affiliated researcher Adi Foord follows her inspiration while inspiring others
Jul 26, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Unimaginably large realms we will never physically travel are the domain of much of the science of astrophysics
Jul 15, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
How the first-ever image of the monster black hole lurking in the heart of the Milky Way dispels any lingering uncertainty about the previously unseen object's nature
Jun 09, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
High-mass stars have major impacts on their galactic environs and on the emergence of life. How these hulking stars themselves come to be, however, is not yet fully understood.
May 06, 2022
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Kavli institute-affiliated astrophysicists and engineers have a hand—many hands—in ushering in next-generation means of studying the universe
May 01, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
A fascinating observation of a tiny star hurling out a beam four trillion times its size offers an intriguing glimpse into the range of distances astrophysicists deal with
Apr 05, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Kavli Institute researchers are continuing to broaden and deepen our knowledge of the contents and history of the cosmos
Mar 02, 2022
Kavli Astrophysics Institutes
- Kavli Institute for Astronomy and AstrophysicsPeking University-Beijing
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological PhysicsUniversity of Chicago
- Kavli Institute for CosmologyUniversity of Cambridge
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and CosmologyStanford University
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseUniversity of Tokyo
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics is awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding of the origin, evolution and properties of the universe, including the fields of cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, planetary science, solar physics, space science, astrobiology, astronomical and astrophysical instrumentation, and particle astrophysics.
The heaven is the largest laboratory of all, so big and powerful it excites and astounds our imagination. Scientists are unlocking the secrets of the universe from the beginning into eternity, thanks to astrophysics.
- Fred Kavli