UK government proposes 30% budget cut to astronomy and physics research: 'It's pretty disastrous'

The UK government is to slash by 30 percent its funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics in a move branded as ...
University of Wyoming

Astronomy and Astrophysics

The B.S. in astronomy & astrophysics at UW offers students an adventurous course of study in astronomical objects—from stars to black holes to solar systems—and their properties and functions. The ...
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It is time to take astronomy off Earth

Astronomy has the opportunity to be more than a victim of growth. It can be a driver of infrastructure, education and long-term exploration. By articulating its needs clearly and aligning with the ...
SpaceNews

Foothill College Astronomy Teacher Wins National Physics Prize

What were the atoms in your body doing eight billion years ago? At least some of them were inside a star that later exploded, says Foothill College Astronomy and Physics Instructor Andrew Fraknoi, who ...
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

UW physics and astronomy graduate student wins major award

Eliza Frankel, a University of Wyoming Ph.D. student studying physics and astronomy, was one of seven graduate students ...
Symmetry Magazine

Bringing eclipsed women of astronomy and physics into the light

In Her Space, Her Time, physicist Shohini Ghose elucidates the stories of women scientists who contributed to and led some of the biggest breakthroughs in astronomy and physics. Big questions in ...
The Daily Northwestern

After northern lights grace campus horizons, astronomy and physics professors shed light on how they occur

Growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania, astronomy and physics Prof. Michael Smutko could see the Milky Way alongside “hundreds and hundreds” of stars above him every night. “(Space) was just ...
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Natarajan appointed Fruton Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics

Priyamvada Natarajan, a theoretical astrophysicist who maps the unseen universe — invisible entities like dark matter, black holes, and dark energy — whose presence can only be indirectly inferred ...
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The Astronomy Club at UAB connects science and the stars with the community

Astronomy is Wooten’s passion. Her love for the stars and the great beyond stemmed from a deep sense of wonder she first experienced at the age of 13. “I was walking home from a friend’s house and ...
Bryn Mawr College

Physics' Asja Radja Named a 2026 Cottrell Scholar

Assistant Professor of Physics Asja Radja is one of 24 early-career scientists to receive a 2026 Cottrell Scholar Award from ...
University of Delaware

Physics Help Center

The Physics Help Center, located in Sharp Lab 101B, is a place where students in introductory physics and astronomy courses can come for assistance with homework, studying, lab reports and other ...
University of Wyoming

UW Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Wins Major Astronomy Award

Eliza Frankel, a University of Wyoming Ph.D. student studying physics and astronomy, was one of seven graduate students honored with the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award at the 247th ...