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The Cosmos YouTube channel uses astronomy professor Lamiya Mowla’s images of the Firefly Sparkle Galaxy in “5 Facts About the First Planet Ingredients After the Big Bang.”

Molly Wasser ’09 communicates for NASA about asteroids, aliens, and the moon

Three MIT teams comprising 35 students from eight departments and Wellesley took top awards in the NASA RASC-AL Competition for designing critical elements for the moon base and future Mars missions.

For 125 years, Whitin Observatory has given Wellesley students a view like no other

“Because I grew up in Dhaka, in Bangladesh, right in the middle of the smoggy, light-polluted city, I do not remember seeing any star,” says Lamiya Mowla ’13, assistant professor of astronomy. That changed when she arrived at Wellesley.

Seven students and alums from Wellesley were selected for Fulbright awards for academic year 2024-25

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably similar to a young Milky Way. The extraordinary images give us an unprecedented picture of what our own galaxy might have looked like when it was being born.

A Wellesley College professor is among a team of researchers who’ve discovered a cosmic question mark that may yield answers about how stars are born in galaxies.

Program lets Wellesley student researchers work on projects alongside faculty.