astronomy

Though the fall leaves on campus may make spring feel far in the future, Case Western Reserve University students will be thinking about the season in the coming days—undergraduate registration for the spring semester begins next Monday, Nov. 16 (depending on the school; graduate program registratio...

Stacy McGaugh, chair of the Department of Astronomy, was interviewed in an episode of The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Titled “The Trouble with Dark Matter,” the episode is about conundrums related to the mystery of dark matter in the cosmos. McGaugh and host Bruce Dorminey cover dark matter’s histo...

The Department of Physics and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will co-sponsor "Conversations with the Starry Messenger: Kepler, Galileo, and the New Science," featuring speaker Aviva Rothman, assistant professor of history at Case Western Reserve University. The lecture will be held via Zoo...

Photo credit: Daniel Milner It’s showtime for Charley Knox. Associate astronomer in the Department of Astronomy and a fixture at Case Western Reserve University for nearly 50 years, Knox (CIT ’74, astronomy; GRS ’78, physics) will spend this weekend inside the projection booth at Strosacker Auditor...

Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Astronomy, through the support of the Arthur S. Holden, Sr. Endowment, is sponsoring the 2019-20 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series. Renowned astronomers from across the country will give five free lectures throughout the year. Tabetha Boyajian, pr...

Case Western Reserve University the Department of Astronomy through the support of the Arthur S. Holden, Sr. Endowment is sponsoring the 2019-20 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series. Renowned astronomers from across the country will give five free lectures throughout the year. The second speaker ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to the first Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series of the 2019-20 academic year. Peter James of Baylor University will present “What’s inside the Moon?” today (Oct. 3) at 8 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. About th...

To senior Megan Masterson, astronomy is “curiosity about the world on the largest scales.” That curiosity has driven her studies at Case Western Reserve University in the classroom, in the lab and through outreach efforts. Masterson, who will graduate from Case Western Reserve University in May wit...

The last lecture in the 2018-19 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will feature Stephen Zepf from Michigan State University presenting “Black Holes and Globular Clusters.” Zepf's talk will be Thursday, April 11, from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1 Wade Oval Dr.). Abou...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to hear from Kelsey Johnson, professor of astronomy and director of the Echols Scholars Program at the University of Virginia, at the next event in the 2018-19 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series. Johnson will present “How Were ...