Vogelsberger grew up in Germany, and received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Mainz and his PhD from the University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ...

For three decades, UC Berkeley professor Alex Filippenko has taught his popular Introduction to General Astronomy class to up to 730 students in Wheeler Hall. While lecturing, he spins donuts on a ...

The lecture series features Francis Nimmo, Adriane Steinacker, and Graeme Smith discussing different aspects of the transit of Venus. Photo courtesy of Greg Laughlin. This photo taken at Lick ...

Dr. Arno Penzias, recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics, will give a non-technical illustrated talk on “A Personal View of the Big Bang,” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. PST. The free public ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez gave her Last Lecture on May 14 to an auditorium filled with Bruins, her former students and fellow faculty. Thousands of Bruins voted for Ghez – who was one of 260 faculty ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Ken Anderson, a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale with expertise in geology, chemistry, and the humanities, will lead the upcoming “Journey to the Eclipse ...

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez will deliver the 2013 Brinson Lecture in Astronomy, titled “The Monster at the Heart of the Milky Way.” For the past few decades, scientists have debated the existence of a ...

A series of star-gazing opportunities and astronomy lectures are scheduled this fall at Valparaiso University to give the public an opportunity to learn more about the universe and Valpo's astronomy ...

A Māori astronomy expert is being run off his feet giving public lectures about Matariki, the Māori new year, and wants the celebration to become a public holiday. Over June and July, Dr Rangi Mātāmua ...

FOLLOWING A very successful trial run in November the library has commissioned a series of science and astronomy lectures. Delivered by Brendan Wallace, the first lecture is on Tuesday, February 5 at ...

Prof. Searle of the Observatory will give a course of four lectures on the elements of Astronomy this month under the auspices of the Natural History Society. The lectures are to be on Wednesday ...