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Jenny Greene awarded 19th Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship Prize

Monday, Feb 4, 2019

Jenny Greene, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University, has been awarded the 19th Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureshipat the University of Arizona. The Lectureship and...

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Astrophysicist Jo Dunkley Earns a Place on Britain’s New Year’s Honours List 2019

Thursday, Jan 10, 2019

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

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Professor Eve Ostriker and Collaborators Explore Interstellar Physics with Supercomputers

Monday, Dec 10, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

The December 2018 publication of Princeton University’s Discovery: Research at Princeton magazine features an article highlighting current work of Eve Ostriker, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences.

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Astrophysics’ Denis St-Onge and Matthew Kunz Make New Discoveries about the Relationship Between Space Turbulence and Magnetic Fields

Monday, Dec 3, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

The Office of Communications at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory recently featured an article sharing the scientific findings of Denis ...

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Professor Neta Bahcall Receives the Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Medal

Monday, Oct 29, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

Astrophysical Sciences’ Neta Bahcall was recognized on October 24thas speaker and medal recipient at the 20thannual Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Memorial Public Lecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Humboldt Prize Ceremony Recognizes the Achievements of Astrophysics’ Ed Belbruno

Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

Ed Belbruno, Visiting Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences, received the prestigious Humboldt Research Award in June 2018 in a ceremony that took place in Berlin, Germany. Subsequent to this occasion,...

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Sky Survey Data Research Team, including Astrophysics' Strauss, Spergel, Medezinski, Sifón and Bosch Create a Map of Dark Matter in the Universe

Friday, Oct 5, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

An online paper published on September 25, 2018 describes first results from the research of an international team of scientists including the Department of Astrophysical Sciences’ Michael Strauss, David ...

Parker Solar Probe scheduled to lift off Aug. 11 from Cape Canaveral

Wednesday, Aug 8, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

At about 4am on Aug 11, the Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral carrying ISʘIS, an investigative instrument suite led by Princeton’s ...

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Seth Davidovits wins 2018 Marshall N. Rosenbluth dissertation award

Thursday, Jul 12, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Seth Davidovits, a 2017 graduate of the Program in Plasma Physics in the Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences, has won the 2018 Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award presented by the American Physical Society (APS). The award, named for distinguished plasma physicist Marshall Rosenbluth whose career...

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Presidential Award for STEM mentorship awarded to Gillian Knapp, Professor Emerita of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton

Monday, Jul 2, 2018

by Department of Astrophysical Sciences

The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) was awarded to Gillian Knapp on June 26, 2018 for her work in the Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI) at...

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