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Groundbreaking for Applied Sciences Project

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This page originally appeared on @THEU On Friday, Feb. 10, the University of Utah held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Applied Sciences Project, a $93.5 million endeavor that includes renovation of the historic William Stewart Building and a new 100,000-square-foot building with modern teaching labs and state-of-the-art research facilities. The completed spaces will house world-class scientists […]

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

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This article originally appeared in the @THEU Earlier this year, astronomers at the Palomar Observatory detected an extraordinary flash in a part of the sky where no such light had been observed the night before. From a rough calculation, the flash appeared to give off more light than 1,000 trillion suns. The team, led by […]

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U astronomers tackle decade’s biggest questions

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The innovative research from U physics and astronomy hit the areas that the national community determined as priorities in a once-in-a-decade report that guides the direction of astro-research for years to come. Lisa Potter, research communications specialist, University of Utah Communications Astronomers and astrophysicists at the University of Utah have been driving discoveries in the […]

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