History

Dr. Rufus, an astronomer, opened and taught astronomy courses upon the founding of Yonhi College.

Professor Won-Chul Lee, Korea’s first Doctor of Science, returned after earning a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Michigan and began astronomy research and education.

The predecessor of CGER, the Ultraviolet Space Telescope Research Group, was ranked first in the Creative Research Initiative Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology and was established as a Yonsei University research institute.

First publication in Nature by the Korean astronomy community.

First publication in Science by the Korean astronomy community.

Joint launch with NASA of the GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer space telescope.

Selected for the Yonsei Global 5-5-10 Strategic Development Program.

Publications in both Nature and Science / Selected as an operational partner of the 4m telescope at CTIO (Chile) of the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory.

Publication in Nature.

Signed an operational agreement for the 2.5m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory (Carnegie Observatories, Chile) / Selected as a Leading Research Center by the Ministry of Education.

Signed operational agreements for mid-to-large telescopes with the University of Arizona (USA) and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.

Ranked first in the midterm evaluation of the Leading Research Center Program.

Proposed a new theory for the formation origin of the Galactic bulge.

Selected for an additional three-year support period in the final evaluation of the Leading Research Center Program.

First in the international community to identify the origin of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters.

Discovered a critical error in the Nobel Prize-winning accelerated expansion paradigm.

Selected for the University-Focused Research Institute Program funded by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea.