A Yale-led astronomy team may have discovered the first direct evidence of a supermassive black hole just after it formed — in a galaxy they’re calling “Infinity.”

In a Q&A, astrophysicist Chiara Mingarelli explains how black hole mergers and quasars are helping lay the groundwork for detecting a network of gravitational waves.

Every Fourth of July, Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates remarkable Americans — all naturalized citizens — who have enriched and strengthened our democracy through their actions and contributions.

Each spring the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences recognizes professors from each of four divisions who provide “superb teaching, advising, and mentoring” to Yale students.

Two members of the Yale faculty — Sarah Demers, a professor of physics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Christine Hayes, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies — were awarded the William Clyde DeVane Award for outstanding scholarship and undergraduate teaching by Yale’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa last week during its annual reception for Yale seniors.

Sam Raskin, James E. English Professor of Mathematics, was awarded a 2025 New Horizons in Mathematics prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. Six Yale physicists were also honored for their work on international scientific experiments.

In a new study, Yale physicists demonstrate a new way to manipulate quasiparticles —quantum objects often used to study cutting-edge quantum technology concepts.

Helen Caines, Horace D. Taft Professor of Physics and a member of Yale’s Wright Lab, was recently elected the Vice-Chair of the 2025 Executive Committee for the American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics.

Natarajan has also been honored with a 2025 Suffrage Science Award from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences in the UK for her pioneering contributions to astrophysics.

Yale’s Amir Haji-Akbari, Tristan Geiller, Ian Moult, and Shreya Saxena have received 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize outstanding early-career scientists and scholars.