Active Research

Rutgers is a founding member of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) constortium. SALT is the world's largest single visible-light telescope. More

Rutgers astronomers are on the cutting edge of developing new theoretical models of galaxy dynamics and evolution. More


Rutgers astronomers are co-investigators, developing and operating the Atacama Cosmic Telescope in Chile, a 6 meter microwave telescope to measure the faint glow from the Big Bang. More

Modeling of Gravitational Lensing is a prime focus of Rutgers astronomer, Chuck Keeton. A lens is formed when the light from distant QSOs are bent by galaxies or clusters of galaxies. More
Rutgers is a consortium member of LSST, the Large Synoptic Survey Telscope. More
Eric Gawiser is the principal investigator on MUSYC, providing a square degree coverage from Chandra, XMM, HST-ACS, and Spitzer-IRAC+MIPS satellites and follow-up spectrocopy from large ground-based observatories. More

Observer and assistant professor, Andrew Baker studies galaxy morphology and molecular gas in the nuclei of galaxies at microwave and infrared wavelengths, using a wide range of space-borne and ground-based observatories. More
News & Special Announcements
Assistant Professor Saurabh Jha has been selected to receive an NSF CAREER award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early career development. More
Professor Jack Hughes receives the Rutgers Board of Trustees Asward for Excellence in Research. This award is the university's highest honor for distinguished research contributions.
Assistant Professor Charles Keeton has been awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. More

Astrophysics Seminars are held at 3:00 PM on Fridays in room 385E. Department colloquia are at 4:45 PM on Wednesdays in the Physics Lecture Hall.
Public open nights at the Robert A. Schommer Astronomical Observatory are held every second and fourth Thursdays of every month, weather permitting.


The first observatory on the Rutgers campus dates back to 1866. More
Astrophysics in 21st Century
The number of faculty and researchers in the group doubled in the late 90's. Today, Rutgers astrophysicists use a variety of space borne observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Chandra X-ray Observatory, as well as world-class ground-based facilities. Researchers and students work across the electromagnetic spectrum from radio and submillimeter, to infrared and visible, to ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths, including playing key roles in the development of new instruments.
Rutgers has strong programs in theoretical astrophysics, especially in the large scale structure of the universe and in the formation and evolution of galaxies.

  Last Revised
  Oct 23, 2009

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