2012

Science Magazine wrote a biographical article on Avi Loeb. From Cosmic Dawn To Milkomeda, And Beyond: The thoughts of Harvard theorist Avi Loeb traverse the universe, past and future—and he urges young researchers to be just as daring ( pdf)

THE DEEP END: Images of a small patch of sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field have revealed several of the most distant galaxies ever seen. The newfound galaxies and their associated redshifts are labeled on the Hubble image. Image: NASA/ESA Read...

The HEAD Executive Committee has selected: Dr. Joey Neilsen for the 2012-2013 HEAD Dissertation Prize for his thesis: " Winds of Change: The Physics of Accretion, Ejection, and X-ray Variability in GRS1915+105" Dr. Neilsen received his PhD in 2011 from...

On February 1, 2013 at 2-3:30 PM, there will be a book launch event in Phillips auditorium for Avi Loeb's new textbook " The First Galaxies in the Universe." The textbook was written in collaboration with Loeb's former Astronomy graduate student, Steve...

After completing the 26.2 mile Manchester, NH Marathon. From left: Meredith MacGregor, Luke Kelley, Chris Faesi, Ian Czekala, and Maria Drout On Sunday, Nov 4th, 5 graduate students from the astronomy department ran the Manchester, NH Marathon or Half...

Professor David Charbonneau was selected among the 100 Almuni of Influence of the University of Toronto in Canada. The Alumni of Influence were selected based their contributions to their professional field at an international, national, or local level...

Gurtina Besla, PhD alumni of Harvard Astronomy Department, is lead author on this article featured in this CFA Press release. One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way almost got away with theft. However, new simulations convicted the Large Magellanic...

2013 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEDAL IN PHYSICS Alexander Dalgarno, Ph.D. Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Citation: For his many fundamental contributions to the development of the field of molecular astrophysics, which led to a better understanding...

Prof. Avi Loeb has been awarded the 2013 Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at the University of Melbourne in Australia. This award is given to academics of international distinction in a field of interest to the University of Melbourne. Fellows...

Irwin Shapiro was awarded the 2013 Einstein Prize of The American Physical Society. The Prize was established to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics and consists of $10,000 and a certificate that includes the...