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The Yale Department of Physics offers studies in a wide range of fields and encourages cross-disciplinary studies between various Yale departments as well. The Department has a diverse faculty pool with the majority of professors having their primary appointment in the Physics Department. The specific interests of the Department’s faculty members fall into several areas of research.
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Viewing science through a telescopic lens
Natarajan is lauding the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — which departed Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 30 — as a victory.
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CHIME’s time to shine
Laura Newburgh research shows that CHIME’s ground-based radio telescope can detect the faint glow of hydrogen gas from the early universe.
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Urry awarded the 2026 Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University has awarded its 2026 Dickson Prize in Science to trailblazing Yale astrophysicist Meg Urry.
