Physics & Astronomy

It is considered by many to be one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the past century. For the first time an international group of researchers, including a University of New Mexico alumnus, have detected the existence of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime, confirming a portion of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity.

Join Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, March 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium as they present ‘The Mathematics of Crime.’

At the dawn of the 20th century the universe seemed to be a much smaller place. The Sun, Earth and planets were our solar system, and beyond them the millions of stars that is our galaxy, the Milky Way.  But that's it. That was our universe. And for...

Join Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium for a presentation titled ‘The New Arctic,’ presented by Mark Serreze, professor of Geography at the ...

Hundreds of hidden nearby galaxies have been studied for the first time, shedding light on a mysterious gravitational anomaly dubbed the ‘Great Attractor.’

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced today that it has chosen a cohort of inventors from around the world for election as 2015 NAI Fellows. UNM Distinguished Professors Steven R. J. Brueck and C. Jeffrey Brinker were among 168 distinguished...

The University of New Mexico Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, has received the “Chapter of Excellence” award at the international honor society’s annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo.

The University of New Mexico has enjoyed a long history of mutually beneficial collaborations with the Universidad de Concepción (UdeC), one of the top three universities for Engineering and Physics in Chile. UNM faculty members are travelling to Chile...

Join Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium as they present guest speaker and physics Professor Joe Incandela.

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Physics & Astronomy hosted more than a hundred local high school students, their parents, and teachers during its annual open house on Nov. 4.