News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Passing the baton in the search for distant planets.
51ԹϺ scientist searches for new information and for ways to explain a complex subject to the everyday folk.
Super, blue, and eclipsed: Come Jan. 31, it's three moons in one.
Five 51ԹϺ graduates will be recognized by President Len Jessup during winter commencement for their combination of academic excellence and service to the community.
Physics professor Michael Pravica teams up with Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch in Bleacher Report web series.
Get ready for the sun to go dark during the day, but don't grab your shades. 51ԹϺ astrophysicist Jason Steffen on being humbled by the universe.
University Forum lecture looks back 30 years to the first time anyone since the days of Queen Elizabeth I was able to see a supernova with the naked eye.
“Inquiry: The Art of Scientific Discovery” shows the beauty of science and the artistic side of even the most lab-bound of scientists.
Zhaohuan Zhu is the first 51ԹϺ scientist to earn fellowship for early career scholars considered ‘next generation of scientific leaders.’
Exoplanet discoveries have opened up brash new ways to think about the way systems operate in distant galaxies, and challenged how we approach own galactic neighborhood.
"Inquiry: The Art of Scientific Discovery" brings College of Sciences together with 51ԹϺ Galleries for an exhibit of images and objects related to 51ԹϺ research.
The key feature of these systems is a hot planet on a short orbit. Understanding these systems may help us better understand the process involved in making planets.