Physics & Astronomy

The UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts its 5th annual Physics Day, Saturday, April 15 in the PAÍS building (Physics, Astronomy, and Interdisciplinary Science). This year, the research conference will include oral and poster presentations, a...

The UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts its annual Spring Lecture Demonstration Show, a free outreach event for high school students and their families, on Wednesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. in Regener Hall on UNM's main campus. The public is invited...

Women’s History Month may be over, but two University of New Mexico students are still reaching landmark achievements. Kelsey Adler and Melissa Rudden, have been chosen as 2023-2024 Goldwater Scholars, a prestigious honor only 413 students in the U.S....

Hot bodies emit heat in the form of electromagnetic radiation. Light bulbs and night vision cameras are examples of technologies based on this physical phenomenon. Our daily experience tells us that heat is always directed from hot bodies to the colder...

Mentions of quantum technology may bring to mind images of a certain insect-like superhero, but research in the emerging field happens everyday at the University of New Mexico, and undergraduates from around the state are invited to get in on the...

“Psyche” is both the name of an asteroid in the main belt, orbiting out past Mars, and the name of a NASA mission to visit that asteroid. The upcoming exploration of this asteroid marks an important first for humankind: NASA has sent people or robots to...

One physics student at The University of New Mexico is kicking off 2023 by contributing to the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Physics & Astronomy Ph.D. student Hijas Farook has been chosen for an ATLAS Center...

Through a detailed study of a planetary system 218 light-years away, a team of international researchers is providing evidence for the existence of a new type of planet called a water world. The team, led by Caroline Piaulet, a Ph.D. student of the...

University of New Mexico Physics and Astronomy Professor Emeritus Harjit Ahluwalia was one of 10 Fellows recognized by Sigma Xi as part of its 2022 cohort of Sigma Xi Fellows. The Fellows were honored recently during the inaugural International Forum on...

For the first time since 2020, the Southwest Quantum Information & Technology (SQuInT) annual workshop was able to meet in person at Berkeley, Calif. The three-day event held recently was co-hosted by the Center for Quantum Information and Control...