News
Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D.

RIT astrophysicist Jason Nordhaus is using AI and machine learning to hunt for star systems that will help us understand how stars live, die, and create gravitational waves.

The Red Spider Nebula, named for its distinct shape, can now be seen clearer than ever thanks to work by RIT scientists.

A years-long student-led NASA project that develops technology to help guide rockets will near its final destination this month on board the Balloon Optimization Opportunity Platform!, or BOOP!

Attila Varga, an astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. candidate at RIT, is proud of his research that has led to new understanding about a newborn exoplanet that is shrinking due to the harsh X-rays of its nearby host star.

Two RIT astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. students had proposals accepted for the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Science Space and Technology program, which provides funding for graduate student designed and performed research projects for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

Mashable spotlights research from astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga. The discoveries, published in the Astrophysical Journal, offer a rare window into what planets look like in their infancy.

The Times of India highlights a discovery led by astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga. The astronomers observed a dramatic event on exoplanet TOI 1227 b.

Universe Today highlights research led by astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga.

Numerous members of the RIT community will participate in exploring the universe during the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) fourth cycle, set to begin in early July.

RIT scientists were involved in a published paper about new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes, or black holes with masses between 100 and 100,000 times the mass of the sun.

Dunn is part of the Tomographic Ionized Carbon Mapping Experiment (TIME), a project that is studying the early universe by mapping the emission of ionized carbon from distant galaxies.

Scientists now have obtained the clearest three-dimensional view of the nebula, thanks to a research team led by Carlson Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Joel Kastner.