Dominic Oddo, a University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy graduate student, was awarded the NASA FINESST grant to fund his research for three years through the end of his Ph.D.
Unlike other NASA grants, the student participant (Future...
University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy Distinguished Professor Greg Taylor recently took a group of students to build antennas at the third Long Wavelength Array (LWA) station. The LWA is a telescope that helps collect radio wave...
Kylar Greene, a graduate student in the University of New Mexico’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is among 60 students from across the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research...
The University of New Mexico (UNM) invites the community to witness a remarkable celestial event as an annular eclipse will grace Albuquerque’s sky on Saturday, Oct. 14. The UNM Department of Physics & Astronomy, along with faculty, students, and staff,...
Prepare for the celestial event of the decade when the Albuquerque skies darken on Saturday, Oct. 14 when an annular eclipse passes overhead. Viewing the sun directly without eye protection can damage your eyes. Prepare for the annular eclipse and UNM’s...
Scientists from The University of New Mexico (UNM), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have detected and validated two of the longest-period exoplanets found by TESS to date. These long period large exoplanets orbit a K dwarf star and belong...
Tonmoy Chakraborty, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of New Mexico, has received a five-year, $1.82 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (R35) to further...
The University of New Mexico's Department of Physics and Astronomy received a $750,000 grant from NASA for its research on exoplanets. With NASA's assistance, the Department of Physics and Astronomy is able to utilize the TESS (Transiting Exoplanet...
The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of New Mexico is set to make a significant impact at the American Astronomical Society's semi-annual meeting, scheduled to take place from June 4 to 8 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The...
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...