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Announcing the 2024 PKU International PhD Student Forum on the Frontiers of Modern Astronomy

Tue, 2024-09-24  December 5-10, 2024

FAST reveals simultaneous star and cloud formation in the Milky Way's "skeleton"

Wed, 2024-09-11  A research team led by Ke Wang at KIAA used the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) to observe two typical filamentary giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the center of the Milky Way's spiral arms (also known as the "skeleton" structure),

ALMA Detects Hallmark “Wiggle” of Gravitational Instability in Planet-Forming Disk

Thu, 2024-09-05  In a powerful match-up of technique, instrumentation, and target, an international team of astronomers led by Jessica Speedie, under the supervision of her advisor Prof. Ruobing Dong, who recently joined KIAA, observed the well-characterized protoplanetary dis

Warm Welcome to Professor Ruobing Dong Joining KIAA

Wed, 2024-08-28  KIAA is delighted to announce that Prof. Ruobing Dong will join as a full faculty member.

Yingjie Peng Awarded the 2024 XPLORER PRIZE

Mon, 2024-08-26  On August 26, 2024, the winners of the 2024 XPLORER PRIZE were announced, with Professor Yingjie Peng from the Department of Astronomy and the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University among the 49 recipients.

The first-ever “Continuous Gravitational Waves School” in China held at KIAA

Thu, 2024-08-08  A week-long international school on the topic of continuous gravitational waves was recently held between 2024 July 7 - 11 at KIAA. This was the first-ever continuous gravitational waves meeting held in China.

KIAA hosted the EPIC 2024 Conference on the Early Phase and Initial Conditions of Galactic Massive Star Formation

Thu, 2024-07-25  The Early Phase and Initial Conditions of Galactic Massive Star Formation (EPIC 2024) was successfully held at KIAA during July 1-2, 2024. EPIC 2024 was a focused conference designed to promote scientific collaborations among the Chinese and world community of

"Motion Picture" Method Reveals the Shape of the Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo

Mon, 2024-07-01  Recently, the international scientific journal Nature Astronomy published online the paper "A slightly oblate dark matter halo revealed by a retrograde precessing Galactic disk warp", which is jointly led by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Peki

Opening Ceremony for the PKU 60-centimetre Telescope and Astronomy Teaching Practice Base

Mon, 2024-04-29  On 26 April 2024, the opening ceremony of the "Peking University 60-centimetre Telescope and Astronomy Teaching Practice Base" was held at the Xinglong Observatory of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

PKU Astronomers Reveal Over 1.5 Million Reliable Quasar Candidates from Gaia DR3

Mon, 2024-04-29  KIAA announces an advancement in cosmic exploration with the release of the CatNorth quasar candidate catalog, as recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. The international collaborative study, led by Dr. Yuming Fu and Prof. Xue-Bing