Texas A&M University and its partners in the Giant Magellan Telescope Corporation announced today (Mar. 5) that fabrication has begun for the sixth of seven mirrors which will form the heart of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) — mirrors that in combination will allow astronomers to see farther into the universe with more detail than […]
Texas A&M University invites audiences across Texas, the nation and the world to get up-close and personal with science and technology outreach at the 2021 Physics and Engineering Festival, set for Saturday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as an interactive livestreamed event. With the same COVID-19 restrictions that canceled the 2020 festival […]
Since the early 1980s, Texas A&M University physicist and quantum cowboy Marlan O. Scully has hosted an annual summer school on quantum physics at his ranch in Casper, Wyoming. Like so many other traditional events, however, this year’s session set to begin next week has been moved online due to the novel coronavirus pandemic — […]
Texas A&M University invites audiences across Texas, the nation and even the world to get up-close and personal with science and technology this spring at the 2020 Physics & Engineering Festival, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all ages. No fees or tickets are required for the free annual event (view promotional poster […]
Women studying physics across Texas and adjacent states will gather at Texas A&M University this weekend for the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) as part of a broader national push to encourage and support women pursuing scientific and technical careers. The three-day conference, which starts Friday (Jan. 17) and runs through Sunday (Jan. […]
Award-winning author and Aggie Loren C. Steffy ’86, former Houston Chronicle business columnist and writer-at-large for Texas Monthly magazine, will visit Texas A&M University this week to deliver a free public lecture and sign copies of his latest book, a biography on 1940 Texas A&M distinguished petroleum engineering graduate, businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell. […]
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp and Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young will join the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) this week for a two-day symposium to celebrate Texas A&M Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and 1996 Nobel Prize winner David M. Lee, recently featured as The Top 100 […]
COLLEGE STATION — California Institute of Technology physicist Barry C. Barish, former director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and creator of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) that includes more than 1,000 collaborators worldwide, will visit Texas A&M University next week to deliver a free public lecture detailing his role in the groundbreaking experiment […]
COLLEGE STATION — Astronomers from across Texas will be visiting the Texas A&M University campus next month for a weekend workshop focused on the growth of astronomy and related scientific collaborations throughout the Lone Star State. Building Astronomy in Texas is set for September 26-27 at the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for […]
PASADENA, Calif. The Giant Magellan Telescope’s third primary mirror will be unveiled at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Mirror Lab (SOML) on December 6, 2013. The combined surface area of the three mirrors created to date surpasses that of any existing telescope and will help enable astronomers to peer more deeply into space than […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Marlan O. Scully, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, has been selected to receive the 2012 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus Quinn Prize, the highest award of the Optical Society (OSA) recognizing overall distinction in optics. Scully, a world-renowned […]
(EDITOR’S NOTE: There were than 3,000 views of the live feed for FIRST BLAST, currently trending as the No. 3 story on MSNBC. A recap version of the release, complete with high-resolution images and quotes from GMTO officials. PASADENA, Calif. — On Friday, March 23, the First Blast (Big Bang Event) is scheduled to occur […]
COLLEGE STATION — Stephen Hawking, world-renowned Cambridge University theoretical physicist famous for his theories on black holes and his best-selling books about the universe, will present a public lecture titled “The Origin of the Universe” Sunday, April 3, at 6 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium at Texas A&M University. Tickets, which range from $15 to $35 […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Jairo Sinova, professor of physics at Texas A&M University, has been elected a 2010 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). No more than one-half of one percent of the organization’s current membership is selected by their peers for inclusion in the APS Fellowship Program, which was created to recognize advances […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University encourages the Brazos Valley and campus communities to take advantage of a major opportunity to see one of the most brilliant scientific minds of all-time when Stephen Hawking returns to Aggieland next month to present a rare public lecture. Hawking, the world […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics and Astronomy will host its monthly Astronomy Open House Friday (Jan. 29) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free, family-oriented event will feature telescope observing (weather permitting), hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by Texas A&M […]
COLLEGE STATION — Establishing itself as one of the country’s leading academic institutions in physics, Texas A&M University today dedicated two new physics buildings named after one of the school’s most distinguished and charitable graduates — the George P. Mitchell ’40 Physics Building and the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics […]
Editor’s Note: Due to expected inclement weather featuring the strong possibility of precipitation featuring a snow/ice mix, the Astronomy Open House scheduled for tonight (Friday, Dec. 4) has been cancelled. COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics and Astronomy will host its monthly Astronomy Open House Friday (Dec. […]
BROWNSVILLE — As part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official International Year of Astronomy, the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at Brownsville will host an evening under the stars Sunday (Nov. 15) featuring a free public lecture by Texas A&M University astronomer Dr. […]
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