News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A
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性视界传媒 astrophysicists analyze data from Event Horizon Telescope鈥檚 groundbreaking imaging of Sagittarius A* and suggest it formed by merger of two black holes roughly 9 billion years ago.
 

two men kneel on ground to put together lab equipment
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The College of Sciences installs a dilution refrigerator, a machine used to study quantum particles and devices near absolute zero.

artist rendering of deep-space plasma bubble
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New study by international team of scientists in the journal Nature has discovered the origin of the persistent emission of radiation observed in some deep-space fast radio bursts.

Mirage Resort
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Roundup of the hottest news headlines featuring 性视界传媒 students and staff.

Josh Hawkins, 性视界传媒
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News highlights featuring 性视界传媒 students and staff who made (refreshing) waves in the headlines.

Artist rendering of NASA Swift Satellite
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Two studies pair observational data with machine learning models to increase precision in distance estimates for GRBs. 

commencement profile (josh hawkins/unlv)
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President Keith E. Whitfield honors six graduates who have shown exemplary commitment to both the community and their studies.

students in spring
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News highlights starring 性视界传媒 students and faculty who made local and national headlines.

AI rendering of binary planets orbiting eachother
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Study in Nature Astronomy theorizes that dense stellar clusters may eject pairs of giant planets, which remain gravitationally bound to one another.
 

The Las Vegas strip as seen on Super Bowl weekend (Josh Hawkins/性视界传媒).
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A collection of news stories and highlights featuring 性视界传媒 students and faculty.

man pictured with ALMA image of the young star HL Tau and its protoplanetary disk
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International student Shangjia Zhang lands a highly competitive NASA grant and 性视界传媒 graduate fellowship.

A plane lowers its landing gear.
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We checked in with 性视界传媒 astrophysicist Jason Steffen about his zippy method for boarding an aircraft and what kind of differences it can make.