From June 18th to 20th, 2025, the symposium "Ten Billion Years of Galactic Ecosystem Evolution" was successfully held at the Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University. Over 30 experts from more than ten domestic universities and research institutions gathered at Tsinghua to engage in in-depth discussions on the observational, theoretical, and numerical simulation studies of galactic ecosyste...
On April 1–2, 2025, the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University hosted a workshop titled "Opportunities and Challenges in Modeling Nearby Galaxies in the JWST Era." More than 30 researchers from universities and research institutes across China gathered to engage in in-depth discussions on frontier topics of nearby galaxies.Group photo of the workshopThe workshop featured 16 presentatio...
EPFL officially joined the Multi Spectroscopic Telescope (MUST) project, led by China’s Tsinghua University, as a founding member. This flagship project will enable scientists to better understand the young universe, dark energy and dark matter.Approximatively 13.8 billion years ago the Universe began with what we call the Big Bang. It expanded explosively, faster than the speed of light. Even...
On July 12, 2024, the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University welcomed a new member, Prof. Di Li, a renowned astronomer and the Chief Scientist of the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST). His joining significantly strengthens the Astronomy program at Tsinghua University.Prior to joining Tsinghua University, Prof. Di Li was a researcher at the National Astronomical Observ...
The Exoplanets & Planet Formation Workshop 2023, or EPF2023 for short, was held in Yanqing District, Beijing between December 16 and 19. This conference was hosted by the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University and attended by about 130 people from all around the world.Group photo of EPF2023 participantsExoplanets and planet formation have become one of the fastest growing fields in astr...