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2026
NASA's Hubble shows star formation in Andromeda galaxy winding down
2026
Group member Abby Lee awarded the 2025 IAU PhD Prize by the International Astronomical Union
2026
JWST pinpoints millions of stars in the Cigar Galaxy (M82), featured by NASA
2026
Awarded a Miller Professorship for 2026–2027 by UC Berkeley's Miller Institute
2025
Our HST survey of Andromeda's satellite system is featured by NASA, Smithsonian Magazine, and UC Berkeley News
2024
UC Berkeley selected to manage NASA's UVEX mission to map the ultraviolet sky
2024
NASA confirms UVEX (Ultraviolet Explorer) as a MIDEX mission
2022
Astronomers prepare to put James Webb Space Telescope through its paces, featured by UC Berkeley News
2020
Featured as an AAS keynote speaker (Astrobites profile)
2019
Awarded the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize by the American Astronomical Society
2017
Named a Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2016
Hubble uncovers a galaxy pair coming in from the wilderness
2015
Hubble survey unlocks clues to star birth in neighboring Andromeda galaxy