News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Las Vegas skyline (Josh Hawkins, 性视界传媒).
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A collection of news stories highlighting 性视界传媒鈥檚 dedication to community and research.

artist depiction of orbiting planets
Research |

性视界传媒 astrophysicist Jason Steffen worked on new NASA research that provides a deeper understanding of our solar system鈥檚 history and measuring exoplanets.

Spooky season at 性视界传媒 (Becca Schwartz\性视界传媒).
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A collection of news stories focused on research, expert insights, and academic achievement.

The Sphere on the Las Vegas Strip.
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting expert insights, research, and academic achievement.

Students at Pida Plaza on the first day of classes (Josh Hawkins, 性视界传媒).
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A roundup of prominent news stories highlighting university pride, research, and community collaboration.

Graduation surprise
Campus News |

News stories from the summer featuring 性视界传媒 students and faculty.

China's FAST radio telescope
Research |

International team reports on a radio pulsar phase of a Galactic magnetar that emitted a fast radio burst in 2020; observations suggest unique origins for 鈥渂ursts鈥 and 鈥減ulses," which adds to FRB formation theory.
 

illustration of a microquasar in outer space
Research |

An international team of scientists reports in Nature the first detection of a quasi-periodic oscillation signal in the radio band from a Galactic black hole system.

image from the James Webb telescope
People |

From de facto time machines to the story behind your TV static, 性视界传媒 cosmologist and computer scientist Paul La Plante shares four facts you probably didn鈥檛 know about the universe.

a set of model teeth with blue plastic gums
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News highlights featuring 性视界传媒 faculty and students who made local and national headlines.

women wearing t-shirt that says 性视界传媒 Home of the Brave
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A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at 性视界传媒.

artist conception of fast radio burst
Research |

International team of scientists reports a possible correlation between gravitational waves from neutron star mergers and fast radio bursts; results could improve understanding of how some deep-space bursts occur.