The Universe spans all scales, from the subatomic particles believed to comprise Dark Matter, which dominates the mass in the Universe, to large-scale structures that span the observable universe. Astrophysics research at NYUAD spans all of these scales, as described below:
NYUAD research in the domain of Space Systems spans the fields of Telescope Instrumentation for Space Exploration, Space Communications with Satellites and Space Stations, Space and Spacecraft Robotics, Mechatronics, Photon Detection, Sensors and Actuators, Rocket Combustion and Propelling Systems. Faculty members with expertise in these domains are primarily Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering scholars who will be contributing to this program through their teaching and research.
Composed of a unique combination of theorists, observers, and instrument builders dedicated to understanding the nature of the cosmos. Our research spans a vast range of temporal and spatial astronomical scales, from our own Sun and its planets to the whole Universe.
Exciting research is happening at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Mohamad Ali-Dib, along with an international team led by the Université de Montréal, announced a detailed study of the extremely hot giant exoplanet WASP-76 b in the journal Nature.
Jasmina Blecic, together with a team of international experts, identified water vapor in the atmosphere of WASP-18 b — an ultra-hot gas giant 10 times more massive than Jupiter — and made a temperature map of the planet.
Scientists like Francesco Arneodo and Lotfi Benabderrahmane
have spent decades searching for something they can’t see.
“By looking at black holes, we can learn something about the evolution of galaxies," say physicists Ingyin Zaw and David Russell.
The simulated birth and evolution of a virtual galaxy — billions of years of space activity was envisioned by Andrea Macciò, Associate Professor and Program Head of Physics.
Professor Andrea Macciò has been searching his entire life for something that science knows is there but has never seen.
