2019年10月22日，国际暗能量光谱仪项目(Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, 简称DESI)终于准备就绪，第一次同时睁开了她的5000只“眼睛”— 光纤光谱探测器，完成了“第一束光”（First Light）观测。 在接下来的五年间，天文学家们将使用这5000只强大的眼睛扫描宇宙中星系的三维分布，并从中寻找造成宇宙加速膨胀的“暗能量”的蛛丝马迹。因此，DESI的第一束光对未来宇宙学研究的发展意义非凡。
2019年10月8日，瑞典皇家科学院宣布将今年的诺贝尔物理学奖授予詹姆斯·皮布尔斯（物理宇宙学方面的理论发现）以及米歇尔·马约尔和迪迪埃·奎洛兹（首次发现围绕类太阳恒星运动的系外行星）。
On July 11th, Professor of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Royal Society, and Academician of the Royal Society of Canada, Professor Scott Tremaine, guest lecturer on the 132nd Master Class, at the 200 Lecture Hall of the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute of Minhang Campus. The remaining masters gave a wonderful report entitled "The Long-term Stability of Planetary Systems".
From July 7th to 9th, the International Conference on Astrophysical Dynamics was held at the Minhang Campus. The conference was organized by the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute and covers many frontier themes from planetary formation to the structure of the Milky Way. A total of 80 experts and young scholars from related fields at home and abroad gathered together. The chairman of the conference is Professor Lai Dong, a senior scholar at the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute.
On the afternoon of June 24th, 2019, the “Asymmetric Science and Technology Department of Shanghai University of Science and Technology and the Institute of Physics and Astronomy of Shanghai Jiaotong University launched the “Aperture and Long-Term Development Plan for 2021-2035 and the Development of the 14th Five-Year Plan”. The meeting was held at the New Science Building of Shanghai Jiaotong University. Executive Director of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Dong Guoxuan, Deputy Director of the Department of Astronomy, Director Liu Qiang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang Jingxuan, Academician Jing Yipeng of Shanghai Jiaotong University, National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Purple Mountain Observatory, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Nanjing Astronomical Optical Technology Research Institute Nearly 30 astronomical experts from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, and Beijing Normal University attended the kick-off meeting.
