This week, we met with researchers on the Via Project, which we're proud to support through the Kavli Innovation Award to @kipac.bsky.social to study dark matter and provide an unprecedented view of the Galaxy. Learn more from cosmologist @risawechsler.bsky.social: youtu.be/Fme8w0llRWs #KavliAstro

Cosmology Enters the Precision Era With powerful new tools, scientists are putting the universe’s origin stories to the test

Cosmology is becoming a precision science. A new generation of instruments are unlocking novel discoveries in cosmology, creating a path to understanding the universe. Learn more about this exciting field: www.kavlifoundation.org/news/cosmolo...

#KavliAstro

At the #AAS247 Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture, Dr. Daniella “Dani” Mendoza DellaGiustina of the University of Arizona shared new insights from OSIRIS-REx, including what Bennu’s samples are revealing about the early Solar System.

A great start to the meeting!

#KavliAstro #NASA #OSIRISREx #Bennu

The Kavli Foundation, the WoodNext Foundation, and Partners Announce… Collaborative awards will bring new technology to mid-sized observatories, accelerating discovery in planetary and stellar science.

Earlier this month, we announced the first awards from our Instrumentation for Astrophysics program, supporting next-gen instruments to expand mid-sized telescopes at Lick and McDonald Observatories.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/48Q6zxC

#KavliAstro #EndofYearHighlights

The Via Project The Milky Way as a Dark Matter Laboratory

In April, members of the Via Project gathered at Yale University. We're proud to support this groundbreaking effort to unlock new insights into dark matter, the structure of our Galaxy, and dwarf galaxies.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/48U2yrN

#KavliAstro #EndofYearHighlights

The Kavli Foundation, the WoodNext Foundation, and Partners Announce… Collaborative awards will bring new technology to mid-sized observatories, accelerating discovery in planetary and stellar science.

Inaugural awards from our Instrumentation for Astrophysics program will bring advanced instruments to
@lickobservatory.bsky.social and @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social, expanding what mid-sized telescopes can do.

🔗 bit.ly/4pXxKNX

#KavliAstro #Astrophysics #Astrophotonics #Polarimetry #PlanetFormation

“The first images are spectacular, and it’s mind-blowing to think about what we’ll be able to do with this survey.” -Risa Wechsler, KIPAC Director

This fall, the Rubin Observatory begins its decade-long #LSST sky survey, built on two decades of work at KIPAC: https://bit.ly/48eksFt

#KavliAstro

Congratulations to Dr. Christian Aganze, @kipac.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow and researcher involved with the Via Project, for receiving Honorable Mention for the 2025 Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence from the National Society of Black Physicists. #KavliAstro

🔗 bit.ly/48gnych

💫 Breaking: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory just released its first images using the powerful LSST camera and they are spectacular!

@kipac.bsky.social played a major role in building the camera that will uncover dark matter, dark energy & more.

🔗: bit.ly/40fnFBs

#KavliAstro @vrubinobs.bsky.social

Headed to #AAS246 in Anchorage?

Don’t miss the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture on Monday, June 9!

Dr. Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social (UT Austin) PI of JWST’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science program, will share insights into the formation of the first galaxies.✨🔭

#KavliAstro

2025 Shaw Prize in Astronomy awarded to George Efstathiou and John Richard Bond | Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2025 is awarded in equal shares to John Richard Bond, Professor of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and University Professor at the University of Toronto...

Congratulations to Astronomy 2025 Shaw Prize recipient Prof. George Efstathiou, founding Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge!
We celebrate you and your co-laureate John Richard Bond, for your pioneering research in cosmology. bit.ly/4ky5Wx6

#KavliAstro #ShawPrize #Astrophysics

The Squid Galaxy’s neutrino game just leveled up 8 May, 2025 Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI)

Kavli IPMU, UCLA & University of Osaka researchers are using IceCube data from the Squid Galaxy (NGC 1068) to propose a new source of high energy neutrinos: neutron decay from helium breakup in the galaxy's jet
www.ipmu.jp/en/20250508-...
#KavliAstro #KavliInstitute @icecubeneutrino.bsky.social 🦑✨

The Via Project The Milky Way as a Dark Matter Laboratory

Learn more about #KavliAstro support:
www.kavlifoundation.org/news/the-via...

At the frontier of discovery—inside our own galaxy. Members of the Via Project gathered at Yale for an all-hands meeting.

We are proud to support this groundbreaking effort to unlock new insights into dark matter, cold gas, and the structure of our galaxy. #KavliAstro via-project.org

Wendy Freedman: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 Find out why Wendy Freedman is on this year’s list

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Wendy Freedman, senior member of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP), on being named to the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2025! Well deserved. 🌌 #KavliAstro #KavliInstitute
time.com/collections/...

Yukari Ito and Mark Vagins appointed as new Deputy Directors April 1, 2025 Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI)

We thank Professors Tomiyoshi Haruyama & Hiromi Yokoyama for their invaluable service as Deputy Directors at Kavli IPMU.

Join us in welcoming Professors Yukari Ito & Mark Vagins as the new Deputy Directors! Excited for the future under their guidance. #KavliAstro

www.ipmu.jp/en/20250401-...

Seeing the Cosmos Anew with the Prime Focus Spectrograph PFS, a deft new instrument spearheaded by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, will splice light to let scientists peer back deeply into the chronology of the cosmos

🔭 Big discoveries start with bold innovation! The Prime Focus Spectrograph is changing how we see the universe. Learn how Kavli IPMU is advancing our understanding of the cosmos.✨🌌 #KavliAstro #Astronomy #SubaruTelescope
bit.ly/3QMbJCf

The 'Exploring the Cosmos' Kavli Foundation Special Symposium at #APSSummit25 showcased recent exciting advances in astrophysics and cosmology. 🔭 ✨

Many thanks to the excellent speakers: Mark Devlin, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, and Sarah Vigeland!
#KavliAstro @apsphysics.bsky.social

This week at #APSSummit25, don't miss two Kavli Foundation Special Symposia:
🔭 Exploring the Cosmos - Wed
⚛️ It's a Quantum World - Thurs

We're proud to sponsor these sessions and look forward to inspiring talks! #KavliAstro #KavliNano @apsphysics.bsky.social

Leaders in science & the arts gathered at a AAA&S reception to celebrate scientific discovery!
Kavli President Cynthia Friend joined #KavliPrize and Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne, @kipac.bsky.social Director Risa Wechsler & Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez, who was honored with the Rumford Prize. #KavliAstro

A Cosmic Twofer: “Early” Dark Energy Could Explain Anomalous Galaxies… Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research have proposed a way to solve two cosmic mysteries with a single underlying explanation

🚀 New research from #KavliAstro: Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT have proposed a way to solve two cosmic mysteries with a single underlying explanation. 🔭
#JWST #DarkEnergy #Astrophysics

www.kavlifoundation.org/news/a-cosmi...

🚀 AI is revolutionizing astronomy! Join this in-person + livestream talk on how machine learning is decoding the universe, featuring @kipac.bsky.social scientist Dalya Baron. #KavliAstro #AI