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New study questions decades-long understanding of gamma ray bursts

This page origanially appeared on @THEU Adapted from a release by Francis Reddy, senior science writer...

In Memory of Frank E. Harris

The University of Utah’s Physics & Astronomy community is deeply saddened by the passing of...

Meeting the Mission Remembering Maria Cranor

By Alastair Boone “A lot of us have inflection points in our lives,” says Ryan...

Nyawelo wins 2023 Spirit of Salam Award

This Article originally appeared on @THEU  The family of International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)...

Groundbreaking for Applied Sciences Project

This page origanially appeared on @THEU On Friday, Feb. 10, the University of Utah held a...

Space dust as Earth’s sun shield

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RELEASE Media contacts: –Ben Bromley, professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University...

Maria Cranor (1946 – 2023)

We are sorry to  report that Maria Cranor, former departmentInstructor, died January 15 of natural...

Physics and Astronomy Weekly (PAW)

Professors Tugdual LeBohec and Eugene Mishchenko have initiated a friendly problem solving competition, Physics and Astronomy...

U of U PandA alum is Voyagers’ deputy project scientist

This article originally appeared in the  Princeton University news The twin Voyager spacecraft captured the...

Mysterious bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight at Earth

This article originally appeared in the @THEU Earlier this year, astronomers at the Palomar Observatory...

Catching neutrinos in Utah – CERN Courier

This article originally appeared in the CERNCourier   Neutrinos are the least understood of all elementary...

IceCube neutrinos give us first glimpse into the inner depths of an active galaxy

Adapted from a release by the IceCube Collaboration. For the first time, an international team of...

Physics professors named APS fellows

Two professors in the U’s Department of Physics & Astronomy—Christoph Boehme, Professor and Chair of...

Alumnus Profile: Nick Borys

Nick Borys, who received his Ph.D. in Physics from the U, is now Assistant Professor...

U students create new presentations during planetarium internship

This past summer Keegan Benfield, Ethan Lamé, and Christian Norseth, in the U’s Department of...

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