Physics & Astronomy

On Tuesday, June 5, another celestial event, the "Transit of Venus" is set to begin at 4:04 p.m. local time until sunset. The Transit of Venus occurs when the planet passes directly between earth and the sun, and it is seen as a small dot gliding slowly ...

The University of New Mexico Physics and Astronomy Department will co-host a series of events and educational programming designed to coincide with an upcoming annular solar eclipse. On Sunday, May 20, the western U.S. will experience a solar eclipse. ...

"Connect" has an all-star line-up in March, beginning with a trip through the Grand Canyon and a walk through time. Karl Karlstrom and Laura Crossey helped design the Trail of Time at the Grand Canyon, which represents 4.5 billion years of earth's ...

Professor Richard Wilson, a nuclear power safety expert from Harvard University, will present the UNM Physics and Astronomy Friday colloquium April 1. Titled, "A physicist's approach to reactor safety: lessons from TMI (Three Mile Island), Chernobyl and ...

University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy Carlton Caves is the 2011 recipient of the Max Born Award presented by the Optical Society of America (OSA). Caves, who is the 29th recipient of the award, was recognized for his ...

The UNM Physics and Astronomy Department will host the next colloquium for its Spring 2011 series Friday, Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in Dane Smith Hall, room 125. Titled, "A space coronagraph mission for exoplanet imaging and spectroscopy - challenges and ...

The UNM Physics and Astronomy Department will host the next colloquia for its Spring 2011 series Friday, Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. in Dane Smith Hall, room 125. Titled, "Black holes, dark energy, and gravitational condensate stars," the colloquia will feature ...

The Measurement Astrophysics (MAP) Research Team in the University of New Mexico's Department of Physics and Astronomy, with the help of a three-year, $980,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, has devised instruments and techniques for ...

The Science & Society Distinguished Public Talks Series presents, "Is the Moon Wet or Dry? Why Do We Care?," with University of New Mexico Regents Professor Zach Sharp on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. in rm. C of the UNM Conference Center located at 1634 ...

UNM Optical Science and Engineering students will be talking with fairgoers and doing demonstrations at the New Mexico State Fair on Friday, Sept. 17, in collaboration with the Optical Society of American and the Society of Photo-Instrumentation ...