After 21 years of observers loading heavy aluminum plates night after night, the cosmos are now visible through robotic eyes.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
SDSS-V’s robots turn their eyes to the sky
New Churchill Scholar is U’s 6th, tying second-longest streak
Scholarship allows mathematics and physics honors student Isaac Martin to study at the University of Cambridge.
LIGHTNING-FAST COMMUNICATIONS
U researchers find a mineral discovered in Russia in the 1830s holds a key to the next step in ultra-high-speed communications and computing.
Statement about physics graduate student
Statement from the University of Utah regarding Ms. Xiaolin Tang, a Ph.D. candidate in the university’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
HUMANS OF THE U: TINO NYAWELO
TIno Nyawelo fell in love with physics as a high schooler in South Sudan. With the help of teachers, mentors and outreach organizations, he left the violence of his country to pursue graduate studies in Europe, and eventually joined the U physics faculty. Now, he shares his love of science with refugee youth struggling to adapt to the Utah school system.
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
Black holes may lurk in most ultra-compact dwarf remnants of shredded galaxies.
PROJECT YOUTH PHYSICS
Underserved students get a taste for physics during Project Youth 2017.
WOMEN IN PHYSICS
U undergrads attend a conference aimed at helping physics majors continue in the male-dominated field.
HUMANS OF THE U: PAYEL KAR
Meet Payel Kar, doctoral candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and member of WomPA.