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New Discoveries Double the Number of Changing-look AGNs

Mon, 2018-09-03  A team led by Prof. Xue-Bing Wu, the Associate Director of KIAA, has conducted a survey of changing-look quasars in the last two years.

First observational indication of the gravitomagnetic monopole and naked singularity

Mon, 2018-09-03  The first significant observational indication of the gravitomagnetic monopole has recently been reported by Dr. Chandrachur Chakraborty from Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing, China and Prof.

2018 Fred K.-Y. Lo Lecture: The Impact of Masers in Modern Astrophysics

Wed, 2018-08-22  On 18 September, 2018, to be given by James M. Moran(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).

BHOLE (Black hole-Host Lifecycle Evolution) Project Held the Mid-term Summary Meeting

Tue, 2018-08-07  On August 6, 2018, the mid-term summary meeting of the BHOLE (Black hole-Host Lifecycle Evolution) project was held at the National Astronomical Observatories of CAS.

Announcing the 2018 KIAA-PKU Astrophysics Forum

Mon, 2018-07-23  The 2018 KIAA-PKU Astrophysics Forum-“China's Future Ground-Based Astronomical Facilities”to be held on December 3-4, 2018 at KIAA.

KIAA Held the First Forum on Gas in Galaxies

Wed, 2018-06-27  The 1st KIAA Forum on Gas in Galaxies (KFGG): Star formation and Quenching was successfully held during the week 18-22 June.

Science of Star Creation, Neuroscience of Hearing and Tool to Edit DNA Win Kavli Prizes

Thu, 2018-05-31  The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today announced the winners of the 2018 Kavli Prizes.

PhD Graduate from PKU wins the 2017 IAU PhD Prize

Fri, 2018-05-11  On May 7, 2018, the IAU announces nine winners of the IAU PhD Prize for 2017. Among them, Siyao Xu is a PhD graduate from the department of astronomy at PKU.

5 Postdocs at PKU Won the China Postdoctoral General Grant in Astronomy

Fri, 2018-05-11  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation has announced the awardees of the 63rd postdoc general grant this year. PKU (KIAA & DoA) takes 5 of the 11 postdoc general grants in the field of astronomy.

Xue-Bing Wu’s Team Awarded the MOE First-class Prize in Natural Science in 2017

Thu, 2018-04-26  The discovery of the most luminous quasar with the most massive black hole in the early Universe, made by a team led by KIAA associate director Xue-Bing Wu, was awarded the first-class prize in natural science in 2017 by Chinese Ministry of Education.