Cosmology and the Distant Universe

Cosmology is the study of the evolution of the Universe. At Cornell we study all aspects of cosmology, ranging from the physics of inflation in the very early Universe to the development of large scale structure at modest redshift to the underlying cause of the present phase of accelerated expansion. Our dual goals are to understand basic physical principles and to identify specific observations to test theoretical ideas.

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Nicholas Battaglia

Associate Professor

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Rachel Bean

Senior Associate Dean for Math and Science, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Astronomy

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Martha P. Haynes

Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Astronomy Emerita

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Michael Niemack

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

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Accelerator Physics    Aesthetics & Media Studies    Algebra    Analysis    Analytical    Applied Mathematics    Astrophysics, General Relativity and Cosmology    Atmospheric Spectral Signatures    Bangla    Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Science    Bioinorganic    Biological Physics    Biology Education Research    Bioorganic    Biophysical    Black Holes and Neutron Stars    Burmese    Chemical Biology    Chinese (Mandarin)    Cognition    Combinatorics and Discrete Geometry    Community and Urban Sociology    Community Ecology and Population Biology    Comparative and World Literature    Comparative Media Studies    Computational Social Science    Cosmology and the Distant Universe    Critical Studies of Race, Gender & Sexuality    Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality    Critical Theory    Culture    Development    Disks and Jets    Early Modern Studies    Economy and Society    Engaging With Life on Earth    Evolutionary Patterns and Processes    Experimental Condensed Matter Physics    Experimental Elementary Particle Physics    Extreme Physics and Astrophysics of Compact Objects    Galaxies Across the Universe    Gender    Geometry    Habitable Environments    Hindi-Urdu    Indonesian    Inequality and Social Stratification    Inorganic    Intimate Organismal Interactions and Chemical Ecology    Japanese   
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