The Astronomy & Astrophysics Department welcomes postdoctoral scientist Emiel Por, who invents technologies that mold the starlight captured by ground- and space-based telescopes to improve imaging of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has been selected to serve as a host institution for the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Heising-Simons Foundation to give ...

One of the big hurdles in locating other Earth-like planets in our galaxy is the difficulty of cutting through all the “noise” — light distortion from stars. For astronomers, deciphering and filtering ...

Thirty years ago, on a crisp October day in 1995, two Swiss astronomers changed the course of cosmic history. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, working at the University of Geneva, announced the ...