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NGPS passed pre-ship international review and technical tests

Thu, 2023-07-20  NGPS, an optical spectrograph jointly developed by Peking University, the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology of CAS, and the California Institute of Technology

PKUers finds Key Evidence for Existence of Nanohertz Gravitational Waves

Thu, 2023-06-29  A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence for the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves, marking a new era in nanohertz gravitational wave research. The research was based on pulsar timing observations carried out with the Five-hundred

Starlight and the First Black Holes: Researchers Probe the Relationship Between the Black Holes and the Host Galaxies

Thu, 2023-06-29  ​New images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed, for the first time, starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes – quasars – seen less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The black holes have masses are

Dr. Kai Wang awarded best oral presentation at the 25th Guoshoujing Symposium

Mon, 2023-05-29  Dr. Kai Wang and five other presenters from other institutes were selected for best oral presentations at the 25th Chinese Astronomical Society Guoshoujing Symposium on Galaxies and Cosmology.  

Mini Workshop on Compact Objects and Gravitational Waves held at KIAA

Sun, 2023-05-07  A one-day workshop on the topic of compact objects and gravitational waves was recently held on 2023 April 19. Over 30 undergraduates, PhDs, postdocs and faculty members participated in the event, with a special guest, Prof. Ian Jones, visiting from the Univer

Luis C. Ho Elected as a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Thu, 2023-04-20  Luis C. Ho, Director of KIAA and Chair Professor of Peking University, has been elected as a new member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).

2023 Postdoc Science Day

Fri, 2023-03-24  The postdoc science day was held on Wednesday, Mar. 22. This annual event provides an opportunity for postdocs to communicate their research interests, recent advances, and future plans, while also promoting discussions and potential collaborations among postd

The giant binary black hole in OJ 287 is “slimmed” by the latest observations

Thu, 2023-02-23  An international research group including Professor Fukun Liu at The Department of Astronomy and The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Peking University in Beijing, China, presents important new results on the active galaxy OJ 287, based on the

KIAA welcomes Dr. Fangzhou Jiang (姜方周) as a new faculty member

Mon, 2023-02-20  Dr. Jiang obtained his PhD from Yale University in 2016. He was a Troesh Scholar at California Institute of Technology and a Joint Theory Fellow at the Carnegie Observatories from 2020 to 2023, and an Israeli Planning-and-Budget-Committee Fellow at the Hebrew

PhD Student Zhuokai Liu wins Kavli Institute Images Contest

Mon, 2023-01-09  Peking University PhD student Zhuokai Liu won the inaugural Vision of Science contest, awarded by the Kavli Foundation to five images from researchers at the 20 Kavli Institutes.