Research News

  • July 25, 2018

    supernova.

    Massive black holes on the edge of spiral galaxies

    Findings from an RIT study provide further evidence that the outskirts of spiral galaxies host massive black holes. These overlooked regions are new places to observe gravitational waves created when the massive bodies collide.

  • July 16, 2018

    reflective-light solar sails attached to NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout.

    Developing solar sailing technology for NASA

    Grover Swartzlander, professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, is taking solar sailing to the next level with advanced photonic materials. This new class of materials could be used to steer photons and enable near-Earth, interplanetary and interstellar space travel.

  • June 18, 2018

    student and professor talking.

    Mapping artificial intelligence at RIT

    Researchers in RIT’s Center for Human-Aware Intelligence believe their work could lead to breakthroughs in everything from health care to energy management to cybersecurity.

  • March 29, 2018

    Two people working on a astronomical imaging system.

    Using cinema technology for space missions

    RIT scientist Zoran Ninkov is developing and testing an astronomical imager inspired by an Oscar-award winning cinema projection system. The RIT astronomical imaging system is competing with other technologies for deployment on future NASA space missions for surveying star and galaxy clusters.

  • February 14, 2018

    Magnetic field lines diagram.

    New study advances multimessenger astrophysics

    A new simulation of supermassive black holes, the behemoths at the centers of galaxies, uses a realistic scenario to predict the light signals emitted in the surrounding gas before the masses collide, said RIT researchers in a new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

  • December 6, 2017

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in space.

    Professor among first to use Webb Space Telescope

    RIT astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb telescope is regarded by many as the powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

  • October 30, 2017

    outer gas disk of spiral galaxies in space.

    Hunting for massive black-hole mergers

    The outskirts of spiral galaxies like our own could be crowded with colliding black holes of massive proportions and a prime location for scientists hunting the sources of gravitational waves, according to RIT researchers.

  • October 16, 2017

    Computer Graphic of "First Cosmic Event Observed in Gravitational Waves and Light"

    RIT researchers part of breakthrough discovery

    RIT researchers played a significant role in an international announcement today that has changed the future of astrophysics. The breakthrough discovery of colliding neutron stars marks the first time both gravitational waves and light have been detected from the same cosmic collision.

  • October 12, 2017

    Computer diagram of hockey stick

    RIT hosts Hockey Analytics Conference Oct. 21

    The latest research in analytics for college and professional hockey—and for sports in general—will be explored at the third annual RIT Hockey Analytics Conference on Oct. 21.

  • August 16, 2017

    Student, Chi Nguyen, standing next to infrared machine

    Astrophysics Ph.D. student wins NASA fellowship

    RIT graduate student Chi Nguyen was selected for a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship in Astrophysics Research, one of eight fellowship recipients selected from 141 applicants to the Astrophysics Science Research Program.

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