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Announcing the FAST Pulsar Symposium 5 (FPS5)

Mon, 2016-06-13  The FAST Pulsar Symposium 5 (FPS5) will be held from 2nd July to 6rd July 2015, at Zunyi, Guizhou Prov., P.R. China.

The China-US Universities Astronomy Collaboration Summit held at PKU

Thu, 2016-06-09  The China-US Universities Astronomy Collaboration Summit, with the theme “Our Universe, a World without Boundaries”, was held in Beijing on June 7, 2016.

Two Postdoctors at KIAA won the 9th special fund of National Science Foundation

Wed, 2016-06-08  Two Postdoctors at KIAA,Jessy Jose and Haoran Yu(于浩然),won the 9th special fund of National Science Foundation

Announcement of the PKU-XAO Astronomical Bilateral Meeting

Fri, 2016-06-03  In order to prompt the collaboration between Peking University and Xinjiang Astronomical Observator, we are planning for a PKU-XAO bilateral meeting from 10th June 2016 to 13th June 2016 at Urumqi Xinjiang.

The China-US Universities Astronomy Collaboration Summit to be Held at Peking University

Fri, 2016-06-03  The China-US Universities Astronomy Collaboration Summit will be held in Beijing on June 7, 2016, co-organized by the Chinese Scholarship Council, Peking University, University of California, Santa Barbara and University of California, Santa Cruz.

9 Scientific Pioneers to Receive The 2016 Kavli Prizes

Fri, 2016-06-03  Nine pioneering scientists have been named this year's recipients of the Kavli Prizes. The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics is shared between Ronald W.P. Drever and Kip S. Thorne and Rainer Weiss.

Public talk by Edward C. Stone: Voyager in Interstellar Space and The Universe in High Definition

Mon, 2016-05-30  Edward C. Stone from Caltech will give a public talk at 20:00, on 6 June, 2016, in Room 202, Natural Science Teaching Building, Peking University. Everyone is welcome.

The 2016 Beijing-Nanjing Bilateral Astrophysics Workshop Held at KIAA

Tue, 2016-05-17  On May 9-10, 2016, the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics hosted the second annual Beijing-Nanjing Bilateral Astrophysics Workshop.

ALMA Measures Mass of Black Hole with Extreme Precision

Mon, 2016-05-16  Astronomers from Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University, University of California, Irvine and other universities have derived a highly precise measurement of the mass of a black hole at the center of a nearby giant elliptica

6 Postdoctors at PKU Won the Chinese Postdoctoral General Grant in Astronomy

Tue, 2016-05-10  Chinese Postdoctoral Foundation has announced the awardees of the postdoctoral general grant this year. PKU (KIAA & DoA) takes 6 of the 11 postdoc general grants in the field of astronomy.