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The new LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Catalog sets new records in precision gravitational astronomy

26/05/26

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Collaboration published today a new catalog of gravitational wave events. A total of 161 events, detected between April 2024 and the end of January 2025, have been added to the collection, bringing the total number of gravitational wave signals detected to date to 390. Among...

“30 aniversari del Departament d’Astronomia i Astrofísica: trenta anys que canviaren la nostra visió de l’Univers”

12/03/26

Ponents: Professors Iván Martí-Vidal, Andrés Moya, José A. Muñoz, Vicent Quilis, Nicolás Sanchis i Susana Planelles Data: Dijous, 12 de març de 2026 Lloc i hora: Saló de Graus Lise Meitner. Facultat de Física. Campus de Burjassot. 12.30h.

Adam Griffiths PhD Thesis defense

10/03/26

On the 10th of march, at 11:00 , in the classroom of Lise Meitner, Faculty of Physics, Av. Vicent Andrés Estellés, 19. 46100 Burjassot, will take place the PhD thesis defense of Adam Griffiths that has been supervised by Miguel Angel Aloy Torás and Martin Obergaulinguer professors of that...

The Sun marks the time on the new clock at the Burjassot-Paterna campus

20/11/25

For the past few days, the Burjassot-Paterna campus of the Universitat de València has had an equatorial sundial installed in the garden in front of the Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació.

Ezequiel Albentosa Ruiz PhD Thesis defense

18/11/25

On the 18th of november, at 11:00 , iin the classroom of Lise Meitner, Faculty of Phyfiscs, C/ Doctor Moliner, 50. 46100 Burjassot, will take place the PhD thesis defense of Ezequiel Albentosa that has been supervised by Ivan Martí-Vidal, professor of that department

Eleccions per a la renovació parcial de membres del Consell de Departament d'Astronomia i Astrofísica 2025

18/11/25

El Departament d'Astronomia i Astrofísica ha convocat eleccions per a la renovació parcial dels membres del seu Consell de Departament. Les votacions es realitzaran el proper dia 27 de novembre 2025, de 9:30 a 13:30.

Activities

Seminar by Martijn S. Oei from Caltech, USA

30/06/2026

Title: Giant black hole jets and baryon feedback to the Cosmic Web Place: Seminar del DAA. Jeroni Muñoz Research Building, fourth floor, in Burjassot. Day: Tuesday, june 30 , 2026. Time: 12.00.

Seminar by Joseph B. Kershaw, Imperial College London, The UK

29/06/2026

Title: Stellar masses and radii characterisation using ML/AI models Place: DAA Seminar room. Jeroni Muñoz Research Building, fourth floor, in Burjassot. Date: Monday, june 29, 2026. Time: 12:00.

Seminar by Tamal Mukherjee from University of Macquari

16/06/2026

Title: Mysteries in the Peaks: What double-peaked Lyα emission reveals about galaxy-CGM interactions Place: Seminar del DAA. Jeroni Muñoz Research Building, fourth floor, in Burjassot. Day: Tuesday, june 16 , 2026. Time: 12.00.