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Announcing the FAST Pulsar Symposium 5 (FPS5)

Mon, 2016-06-13The 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, 2016-06-09The 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, 2016-06-08Two 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, 2016-06-03In 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, 2016-06-03The 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, 2016-06-03Nine 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, 2016-05-30Edward 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, 2016-05-17On 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, 2016-05-16Astronomers 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 elliptical galaxy NGC 1332.

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

Tue, 2016-05-10Chinese 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.