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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
January 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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 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.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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 Via Project
The Milky Way as a Dark Matter Laboratory
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December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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 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.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“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
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
💫 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
June 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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
#AAS246 AAS Names Steven Finkelstein as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer

At our June 2025 meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, the Kavli Lecture will be given by Steven Finkelstein @astrosteven.bsky.social, an astronomer at The University of Texas at Austin. aas.org/press/aas-na... 🏆🔭
June 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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
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...
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June 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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
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#KavliAstro #KavliInstitute @icecubeneutrino.bsky.social 🦑✨
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)
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May 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Via Project
The Milky Way as a Dark Matter Laboratory
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April 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
April 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🎉 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
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Wendy Freedman: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025
Find out why Wendy Freedman is on this year’s list
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April 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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

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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)
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April 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🔭 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
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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
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March 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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
March 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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
March 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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
March 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🚀 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

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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
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February 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🚀 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
Curious about how AI is transforming astronomical research? Join Dr. Dalya Baron as she explores AI's role in improving simulations of the universe, and understanding large datasets. Sign up here for next Wednesday's talk: www.eventbrite.com/e/public-lec...
February 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM