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Oct 20 2025

UdeC Leads National Awards in ANID’s Advanced Technologies Competition

Oct 17 2025

Professor Rodrigo Herrera Camus Represents Chile at Latin American Meeting of the Max Planck Society

Oct 10 2025

Astronomy Department Academic Receives International Recognition for Outstanding Research Work

Oct 8 2025

Astronomy UdeC participated in the 2025 Festival of Science in San Pedro de la Paz

Aug 5 2025

Chilean astronomers detect carbon monoxide in the smallest gas-rich dwarf galaxy discovered to date

Jul 24 2025

Between galaxies and extraterrestrials: Stellar fridays of astronomy return

Jul 01 2025

Chilean astronomers reveal unprecedented details of the first galaxies

Jun 30 2025

More than 200 participants engaged in the Winter Astronomy Outreach Series

Jun 28 2025

Astronomy Department invites the public to join asteroid day celebrations

Jun 25 2025

Study by young Chilean astronomer reveals new key parameter for understanding star formation

Jun 9 2025

Monthly public skywatching evenings successfully resumed

May 26 2025

UdeC Astronomy joined the Día de los Patrimonios Celebrations in Biobío

May 19 2025

Dr. Rodrigo Reeves Appointed Full Professor at the Universidad de Concepción

May 2 2025

Scientific Coffee Series 2025 kicks off with a talk on Galaxy Formation

Apr 21 2025

Astrophysicist Alexandre Lazarian visits the Department of Astronomy and gives a talk on Solar Magnetic Activity and Earth’s Climate

Apr 4 2025

Study of dust in “Cigarette Galaxy” could provide insight into star formation and life under extreme conditions

oct 17 2022

Two Tenure track professorship positions at Universidad de Concepcion, Chile

may 26 2020

Ph.D Gael Chauvin is awarded with the Charles Defforey- Institut de France Prize

may 19 2020

A series of colloquia is held at the Department of Astronomy Udec

Apr 03 2020

Astronomy researcher receives award for best paper of the year in prestigious international scientific journal

Mar 02 2020

International Conference on Stellar Origins held in Concepcion

Mar 02 2020

First graduate of the Master's in Astronomy programme

Mar 02 2020

Master's in Astronomy has been accredited for a period of three years

Dic 18 2019

Student from the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences awarded the DAAD scholarship for studies abroad

Dic 17 2019

Distinguished scientific meeting to be held for the first time in Chile

Nov 14 2019

Researcher from the Department of Astronomy to analyse the physics of black holes

Oct 18 2019

Scientists identify two additional black holes to be studied with the Event Horizon Telescope

Oct 09 2019

Dr. Neil Nagar receives 2019 Municipal Science Award for his contribution to the first-ever image of a black hole

Oct 09 2019

Astronomer takes part in event on the role of women in economic and intellectual development

Oct 03 2019

Dr. Douglas Geisler named Emeritus Professor of the University of Concepcion

Sep 13 2019

Rector Saavedra honours astronomers on Breakthrough Prize-winning team

Sep 12 2019

Researchers who captured the first image of a black hole were honoured with the 2020 Breakthrough Prize

Sep 11 2019

Dr. Ronald Mennickent Cid delivered lecture at Harvard University

Aug 29 2019

Astronomer from the Department of Astronomy to lead team associated with the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Chile

Aug 22 2019

Technological advance in Astronomy at UdeC enhances precision in atmospheric water vapour measurements

Aug 20 2019

Early Universe and its chemistry: new ideas and observation paths

Aug 13 2019

Dr. Douglas Geisler of the Astronomy Department has been named Professor Emeritus at Universidad de Concepción

Jun 05 2019

Astronomical Milestones achieved from Chile

May 22 2019

Researchers and scientific communicators meet to discuss initiatives for Supermassive Black Hole Ring project

Apr 16 2019

Astronomers from Universidad de Concepción to receive Medal Recognition by the Senate Chamber

Apr 12 2019

Team of Astronomers Captures the First-Ever Picture of a Black Hole

Apr 01 2019

A new generation of astronomers graduates

Mar 26 2019

Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences student awarded DAAD scholarship for studies abroad

Mar 26 2019

Student from Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences to pursue PhD in Germany

Mar 14 2019

From our Milky Way to the Large Magellanic Cloud: The most precise measurement of the Universe

Mar 7 2019

Scientists behind the universe’s most precise measurements of nearby galaxy distances meet in Concepción

Jan 28 2019

Astronomy Department UdeC adds a new telescope for teaching and research

Dec 11 2018

Científicos crean catálogo de morfologías para galaxias a través de inteligencia artificial

Dec 3 2018

Primera versión de la Red Chilena de Instrumentación Astronómica (ChAIN) se realizará en la UdeC

Nov 29 2018

KROME: 4° Escuela de Astroquímica se realizará en el Departamento de Astronomía UdeC

Nov 15 2018

Estudiante de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas UdeC recibe beca DAAD-Conicyt para estudios en el extranjero

Jun 29 2018

GAIA DR2 & APOGEE permiten construir un modelo preciso en seis dimensiones del complejo de formacion estelar en orion

Jun 29 2018

Revelando por primera vez la historia Química y Dinámica del Cumulo Abierto IC 166 en las regiones externas de nuestra Galaxia

Jun 18 2018

El Supercomputador con capacidad de memoria compartida más grande y rápida de Chile

Jun 13 2018

Proyecto astronómico busca formar equipo multidisciplinario para su desarrollo

May 07 2018

Tidal tails as probes of the dark matter content of the Milky Way

May 07 2018

Astronomers from UdeC postulate a new theory about dwarf spheroidal galaxy formation

May 07 2018

Mass segregation in regions of young star formation

Apr 26 2018

Joven astrónomo participa en Misión Gaia mediante creación de su código denominado GravPot16

Jan 05 2018

Investigadores científicos del Departamento de Astronomía de la UdeC son adjudicados en Fondecyt y Anillo de Investigación en Ciencia y Tecnología

Oct 16 2017

Con éxito se realizó charla de David Reitze, director ejecutivo de LIGO

Oct 15 2017

David Reitze, director ejecutivo de LIGO visitará el Departamento de Astronomía de la Universidad de Concepción

Oct 15 2017

Departamento de Astronomía de la Universidad de Concepción firmó “Convenio de Colaboración” con la Municipalidad de Coelemu

Oct 12 2017

Astrónomos han descubierto un oasis de estrellas gigantes con raras anomalías químicas nunca antes observadas en la Vía Láctea

Aug 13 2017

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas UdeC ofrece nuevo Magíster en Astronomía

Jun 14 2017

Departamento de Astronomía recibe nuevas instalaciones

Jun 14 2017

Tercer workshop sobre astrofísica teórica y numérica se realizó en Concepción

Jun 14, 2017

Astrónomos precisan factor clave para determinar expansión del Universo

Jun 14, 2017

Departamento de Astronomía UdeC recibe investigadores de importante proyecto

Jun 14, 2017

La danza del cazador: Primeras simulaciones computacionales del movimiento de estrellas y filamentos de gas en la constelación de Orión

May 30, 2017

Desvestimiento en el acto: Inusual caso de una galaxia elíptica

May 12, 2017

Investigadores entregan nuevos datos de ALMA sobre formación estelar en filamentos de gas de alta masa

Mar 30, 2017

Astrónomos UdeC publican artículo académico explorando el magnetismo en estrellas binarias

Mar 24, 2017

Universidad de Concepción firma importante convenio internacional para el desarrollo de la astronomía sub-milimétrica en Chile

02 Mar 2017

Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía aprueba Resolución en Defensa de los Cielos Oscuros

14 Dec 2016

Adjudicación de proyecto Quimal-Conicyt 2016: Departamento de Astronomía UdeC contará con nuevas instalaciones

14 Dec 2016

Con gran éxito se realizó el 22^⚬ Stellar Pulsation Meeting, congreso de astrofísica que reunió a destacados astrónomos de los cinco continentes

08 Nov 2016

San Pedro de Atacama will bring together leading researchers in the area of pulsating stars

13 Oct 2016

Cluster's Advanced Age in Razor-sharp Focus

06 Sep 2016

Dr. Ronald Mennickent is the new director of the Department of Astronomy

08 Aug 2016

A group of representatives of LLAMA Project meets with CePIA researchers

16 Jun 2016

Astronomers clarify the role of the environment in the evolution of galaxy clusters

06 Jun 2016

New international project on The formation and evolution of the first stellar clusters

25 May 2016

Astronomer at the University of Concepcion creates catalog of Galaxies

03 May 2016

Universidad de Concepción gives acknowledgment to the most outstanding professors of the last 20 years.

20 Apr 2016

Theory Group in Concepcion investigates survival of embedded star clusters

04 Apr 2016

Researchers at the Departamento de Astronomia UdeC discover rare species of Binary Star

15 Dec 2015

Astrónomos realizan importante descubrimiento en el campo de binarias interactuantes

29 Oct 2015

The VVV Survey reveals classical Cepheids tracing a young and thin stellar disk across the Galaxys bulge

06 Oct 2015

Centro de Instrumentación Astronómica recibe importante donación de equipamiento

18 Aug 2015

Alex Gormaz Premio Universidad 2015, realizó exitosa defensa de su tesis de Magíster

17 Jun 2015

Scientists have imaged a cluster of stars where stars are so densely packed that it is likely a rare environment where stars can collide

07 May 2015

Ezequiel Treister, astrónomo de la Universidad de Concepción, nuevo presidente de la Sociedad de Astrónomos Chilenos. SOCHIAS

20 Apr 2015

Measuring Galactic giants

11 Mar 2015

Brian Schmidt visitó Departamento de Astronomía de la Universidad de Concepción

10 Mar 2015

Inauguramos nuevo edificio para el Departamento de Astronomía

03 Mar 2015

Concepción is hosting MODEST 15- Modeling and Observing Dense Stellar systems in Chile

15 Dec 2014

Life and Death of a Hero or what we can learn from modelling the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Hercules

30 Oct 2014

International astronomers study the absence of Lithium beyond our galaxy

07 Oct 2014

El Dr. Ronald Mennickent es nuevo Premio Municipal de Ciencias 2014

25 Jun 2014

Comienza Construcción de nuevo edificio para Departamento de Astronomía

07 Apr 2014

Nuevos Licenciados!

19 Dec 2013

Astrónoma local entre Líderes del Sur

10 Dec 2016

Plataforma Astro-informática se une a Observatorio Virtual Internacional

04 Dic 2013

Nueva beca para la carrera

28 Mar 2013

Nuevos graduados de la carrera de Astronomía

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