News and Events
Astronomers using the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) confirm observing one of the oldest objects in the universe.
Nobel laureate and former University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty Joseph H. Taylor will deliver the third annual Helen and Morton Sternheim Lecture on Tuesday, October 10 at 4:00 PM in 20 Hasbrouck Hall.
Watch time-lapse of the autumnal equinox sunrise and sunset at UMass Amherst's sunwheel.
The public is invited to witness sunrise and sunset associated with the autumnal equinox among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst Sunwheel on Friday, September 22 at 6:49 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
The Department of Astronomy will hold the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse event at the Sunwheel. The event will begin at 1:20 PM, and will continue until the end of the eclipse. Astronomy Professor Daniela Calzetti and Mr. Tom Whitney of the Astronomy Association (www.astronomyassociation.org) will be hosting the event, and they expect to have four solar telescopes on site. The Sunwheel is located south of McGuirk Alumni Stadium, just off Rocky Hill Road (Amity Street) about one-quarter mile south of University Drive.
Smith College Professor James Lowenthal conducts groundbreaking research on distant galaxies.
Astronomers train an "Earth-sized" telescope, including UMass Amherst's LMT, on our galactic center.
Theoretical astronomy professor Neal Katz has received a Fulbright Scholarship award for studies in South Africa.
The public is invited to witness the summer solstice sunrise and sunset among the standing stones of the Sunwheel on Wednesday, June 21 at 5 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Professor James Lowenthal (Smith College) and Professor Min Yun (UMass Amherst) did a press release at the 2017 AAS Summer meeting in Austin, TX, today, as prepared by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). Professors Daniel Wang and Grant Wilson (both from UMass Amherst) are also collaborators on this project.