Category: Physics & Astronomy

Recent Nature Nanotechnology-reported research by Texas A&M physicist Alexey Belyanin explores the structure and dynamics of electrons in graphene, providing new insight into how it interacts with light at the nanoscale level and with femtosecond time resolution affecting the design of future nanophotonic devices as well as materials used in computers and telecommunications.

Congratulations to Texas A&M physicists Tatiana Erukhimova and Saskia Mioduszewski, who have been named 2019 American Physical Society Fellows in recognition of excellence in original research and publication, innovative contributions to science and technology, and significant contributions to physics teaching and service.

Texas A&M astronomers Lucas Macri, Darren DePoy and Jennifer Marshall are part of a bi-national project that has received a National Science Foundation award toward construction of a robotic telescope in Argentina to help them study gravitational wave events in deep space.

Interested in exploring the night sky and enjoying free educational summer fun? Join The Stella Hotel and Texas A&M Astronomy for one last summer hurrah -- a Star Party at The Stella, set for August 8 from 9 to 11 p.m.

An international team of astronomers that includes Texas A&M’s Benjamin Boizelle and Jonelle Walsh has used the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to obtain the clearest view to date of cold gas rotation around a supermassive black hole and calculated the mass of this supermassive black hole — the largest ever measured with ALMA — to be a whopping 2.25 billion times that of our Sun.

Emails between two faculty members aren't necessarily newsworthy, but when it's two Texas A&M distinguished professors exchanging space-related videos and brief memories of the Apollo program, consider our curiosity piqued by a rare glimpse at the humanity behind the history on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Interested in exploring the night sky and enjoying free educational summer fun? Join The Stella Hotel and Texas A&M Astronomy for the next Star Party at The Stella, set for July 18 from 9 to 11 p.m.

As a graduate student in astronomy at Texas A&M University, Taylor Hutchison '22 studies some of the most distant galaxies ever found, using some of the largest telescopes on Earth to do so. Learn more about her passion for science and the stars as well as the exhilarating potential of living a dream come true.

Congratulations to Texas A&M physicist and Mitchell Institute Director Bhaskar Dutta, who has been appointed as holder of the Mitchell-Heep Chair in High Energy Physics.

Join The Stella Hotel and Texas A&M Astronomy Thursday (June 13) to kick off the summer season in style at a free Star Party at The Stella from 9 to 11 p.m.!

Texas A&M physicist Ed Fry has been selected to receive the Texas A&M Foundation's 2019 Partner in Philanthropy Faculty Award recognizing his commitment to enhancing and encouraging a culture of philanthropy at Texas A&M University.

Fifteen Texas A&M students enrolled in Physics 206 (Classical Mechanics) this spring were honored as Pearson Mechanics Scholars after earning top-scoring marks on an end-of-semester challenge exam.

Armed with new Hubble Space Telescope data and an improved technique, a team of astronomers including Texas A&M professor Lucas Macri has made the most accurate measurement of the universe's expansion rate to date — a surprising 4-sigma discrepancy from Planck's prediction that strengthens the case for new physics.

Texas A&M astronomer Jonelle Walsh recently took time with reporters from local media outlets KBTX-News3 and the Bryan-College Station Eagle to discuss the historic first image of a black hole and its shadow, located at the heart of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy, which Walsh has actually studied as a crucial anchor for the uppermost end of black hole properties and relationships.

Make a date for free family fun and experience the many wonders of science and technology at Texas A&M's 2019 Physics and Engineering Festival, set for Saturday, April 6, at the Mitchell Physics Building and kicking off with a 7 p.m. Friday, April 5 lecture, "Science in the Brewery!"