Winter Newsletters

2024-2025 Winter Newsletter

  • Astronomy in the News
  • News and Noteworthy
  • Message from the Chair
  • New Multi-RAPTOR Research Center at Berkeley Astronomy
  • UPGRADES TO LEUSCHNER OBSERVATORY–OUR STUDENT TELESCOPE

2023-2024 Winter Newsletter

  • Astronomy in the News
  • A Dean in Motion: Dean Kahn Tours Chilean Facilities Vital to UC Berkeley Astronomy
  • A Message From the Chair
  • Research Fellows and Postdocs

2022-2023 Winter Newsletter

  • Astronomy in the News
  • News and Noteworthy
  • A Message From the Chair
  • New Faculty Highlight: Wenbin Liu
  • Research Fellows and Postdocs

2021-22 Winter Newsletter

  • Stellar explosion in 1054 C.E. may have been a third flavor of supernova
  • How fast is the universe expanding? 
  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities
  • Astrophysics Roundtable
  • Berkeley Discover: Physics & Astronomy
  • Q&A with Raffaella Margutti

2020 Newsletter

  • Exoplanet Around Distant Star Resembles Our Reputed ‘Planet Nine’
  • 150 Years of Women at Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley Played Big Role in Reinhard Genzel’s Nobel Prize-winning Work
  • Berkeley Student Throws Cold Water on ‘Monster’ Black Hole Discovery
  • News & Noteworthy
  • Getting to know Astro!

2019 Newsletter

Read about the latest news in Astronomy at UC Berkeley!

2018 Newsletter

What's new in Astronomy? Catch up on breakthrough research developments, faculty and student achievements, and other exciting news in this year's departmental newsletter! 

2017 Newsletter

  • Evening with the Stars
  • Remembering Harold Weaver
  • James Webb Space Telescope

2016 Newsletter

  • Astronomy in the news
  • New faculty
  • Getting to Know…
  • Evening with the Stars and more!

2014 Newsletter

  • Creation of BIDS
  • Imke de Pater’s work aboard NASA’s SOFIA aircraft
  • Mariska Kriek’s MOSFIRE Deep Evolution survey
  • Eugene Chiang receives Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award
  • How common are habitable planets?

2013 Newsletter

  • Eliot Quataert named 2012 Simons Investigator
  • Alex Filippenko flies with Blue Angels
  • New Campbell Hall groundbreaking and updates
  • Geoff Marcy recieves grant to build Habitable World Spectrometer.

2012 Newsletter

  • Introduction to new faculty
  • Department's role in 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics
  • Marc Davis' Gruber Award 
  • Announcement of new Trumpler Award