Astrophysics at JILA

JILA astrophysicists want to understand our origins and place in the scheme of things. That's why they investigate topics ranging from the dynamics of our sun to the fundamental properties that give rise to the universe itself. Their quest is aided by vast amounts of new data gathered by ground- and space-based instruments such as the Apache Point 3.5 m telescope, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, the Far UV Spectroscopic Explorer, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the X-ray Multimirror Mission X-ray (XXM-Newton) Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. JILA scientists will also be part of the science team for the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph for the HST (if NASA allows the project to proceed) and the multi-satellite Constellation X-ray Observatory.