Boston University

Astronomy

moon blocking sun

Engineering

Solar Eclipse, Scientific Opportunity

August 17, 2017

space rubble orbiting around white dwarf

Astronomy

Night Shift

August 7, 2017

A young galaxy cluster seen in X-rays, visible light, and infrared light

Astronomy

Galaxy Clusters Offer Clues to Dark Matter and Dark Energy

July 26, 2017

Merav Opher with REU students

Astronomy

NSF Program Brings Budding Astronomers to BU

July 21, 2017

Alex Sushkov, assistant professor of physics at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

Physics

What Is Dark Matter?

December 1, 2016

MAVEN Mars satellite, NASA

Mars

Where Did Mars’ Water Go?

October 20, 2016

NASA Image of the planet Jupiter

Space Sciences

Red Spot, Hot Spot

August 3, 2016

artisitic rendering of a Blazar in a Super Massive Black Hole

Space Sciences

Anatomy of a Blazar

June 20, 2016

Jicamarca Radio Observatory

Space Sciences

New Study Explains Source of Mysterious Radar Echoes

May 5, 2016

Coit Observatory

Things-to-do

Nightlife: Public Open Night at BU’s Coit Observatory

March 16, 2016

Andrew Cohen, professor of physics at Boston University

Physics

A New Way to See the Universe

February 26, 2016

Collision of two black holes holes

Astronomy

Einstein Really Was a Genius: Gravitational Waves Detected

February 19, 2016

In the new sci fi blockbuster The Martian, Matt Damon plays botanist Mark Watney, who gets stranded on Mars and survives through scientific ingenuity and derring-do. Photo by Aidan Monaghan

Astronomy

The Martian Nails the Science (Mostly)

October 22, 2015

Boston University's Observatory for stargazing

Astronomy

Star Search

June 17, 2015

merav opher, director of Boston University Center for Space Physics and NASA Voyager spacecraft mission team member

Astronomy

New Vision of the Final Frontier

March 4, 2015

John T. Clarke, Director, Boston University for Space Physics, MAVEN Mars satellite

Mars

Mission to Mars

January 22, 2015

Ian Stephens, Boston University Institute for Astrophysical Research

Astronomy

A Star Is Born

November 19, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Engineering, Jonathan Klamkin

Computer Engineering

Klamkin Receives NASA Early Career Faculty

August 21, 2014

Alan Marscher, professor of astronomy, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Institute for Astrophysical Research, Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

Metcalf

Metcalf Award Goes to Alan Marscher

May 14, 2014

Catherine Espaillat, assistant professor of astronomy, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Discovery Channel Telescope, Lowell Observatory, Arizona, planetary birth, how planets are born

Research

Finding Planets before They Happen

January 27, 2014

Finding Planets before They Happen