News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
A yearlong collection of headlines featuring innovative ideas, discoveries, and partnerships to move Southern Nevada forward.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers made international headlines this year with their discoveries. Here's a roundup of some of our top stories of 2021.
A collection of news stories featuring stargazing and change at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
A flurry of more than 1,650 FRBs detected by FAST telescope over 47 days in 2019 unlocks clues to the nature and location of the powerful millisecond-long cosmic radio explosions.
Potential discovery of a circumtriple planet has implications for bolstering our understanding of planet formation.
A collection of news stories highlighting research, health, and community at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
A collection of news stories highlighting remembrance and improvement at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
A collection of news stories highlighting celebration, health, and progress at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
Synakowski, currently the vice president for research and economic development at the University of Wyoming, will join 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Aug. 30.
At 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, astronomy Ph.D. graduate Jeremy Smallwood racks up scientific publications rather than stressing about individual grades.
A collection of news stories highlighting health, recovery, and celebration at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
Physics professor Michael Pravica's work on useful hard X-ray photochemistry could reveal novel materials — and possibly an explanation for the origin of life on Earth.