University Provost and Professor Ray Jayawardhana is the senior co-author of a new publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters outlining observations of a young rogue planet about 620 light-years away […]
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Danielle Norcini helps develop highly sensitive detector to expand the search for dark matter
Assistant Professor Danielle Norcini recently co-authored a paper in Physical Review Letters titled “Probing Benchmark Models of Hidden-Sector Dark Matter with DAMIC-M,” in which she and fellow researchers developed plans […]
Four faculty members join Simons Collaborations to explore areas of novel scientific inquiry
Professor Emanuele Berti, W. H. Miller Professor Matthieu Wyart, Professor Brice Ménard, and Research Professor Benjamin Wandelt were recently named part of large-scale, multi-institutional collaborations funded by the Simons Foundation. […]
Adam Riess is a guest on the latest episode of the Vox podcast ‘Unexplainable’
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Riess is a guest on the latest episode of “Unexplainable” titled, “Nightmare at the end of the universe.” Episode description: Dark energy is the strange stuff […]
JHU to host 2025 Cosmology Summer Fest
JHU to host 2025 Cosmology Summer Fest in honor of Marc Kamionkowski and Robert Caldwell, July 23-25 The 2025 Cosmology Summer Fest is in honor of Marc Kamionkowski and Robert […]
Brice Ménard, Danielle Norcini, and Matthieu Wyart receive 2025 Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards
Professor Brice Ménard, Assistant Professor Danielle Norcini, and W. H. Miller Professor Matthieu Wyart have each received 2025 Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards from the Office of the Vice Provost for […]
Kevin Schlaufman receives Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award
Associate Professor Kevin Schlaufman is among 20 early career faculty members that were selected to receive Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards, an honor that is accompanied by a $100,000 grant, mentoring […]
Alessandra Corsi participates in inaugural Cosmic Horizons Conference focusing on AI in astronomy
W. H. Miller Professor Alessandra Corsi was a presenter in May at the inaugural Cosmic Horizons Conference organized by the National Science Foundation-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins.
Nicole Crumpler earns Scholar Award from The Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation
Graduate student Nicole Crumpler is a recipient of the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation’s Scholar Award for the 2025-2026 academic year. The $15,000 award recognizes […]
Read The Atlantic article titled “The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong”
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Reiss is the focus of the new article by Ross Andersen published in The Atlantic.