Physics & Astronomy

The first Faculty Lightning Lounge of the 2026-27 academic year will be held Wednesday, Sept. from 3:30- 4:30 p.m. in Centennial Engineering Center’s Stamm Commons.

Six researchers from a wide range of disciplines at The University of New Mexico are the 2026 recipients of the Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards, announced by the Office of Academic Affairs.

A new University of New Mexico faculty member is joining a national research effort aimed at better understanding one of the universe’s most mysterious phenomena: gravitational waves.

Researchers at The University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Lab are developing a new artificial intelligence framework that could transform how scientists search for some of the rarest events in the universe by recovering faint signals that...

For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound...

After three decades of service to The University of New Mexico, Professor Richard Rand is retiring from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, concluding a distinguished career that included more than seven years as department chair. Beginning July 1,...

A graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of New Mexico has received a prestigious fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. Amilcar Jeronimo Perez, a...

Astronomers at The University of New Mexico have published new research confirming three bodies orbiting the dynamic exoplanet system TOI-201. They include a super-earth (TOI-201 d), a warm Jupiter (TOI-201 b) and a brown dwarf (TOI-201 c). Ismael...

The University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts the Thorlabs Mobile Photonics Laboratory Experience from Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 24–26, bringing hands-on photonics education and industry engagement directly to campus.

The University of New Mexico Department of Physics, Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science hosts the next Science & Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, Feb. 19, featuring researcher Eliane El Hayek.