COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been designated a Regents Professor for 2016-17 by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Suntzeff, an observational astronomer and a 2017 American Physical Society Fellow, is one of 12 A&M System faculty members who […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the world’s largest organization of physicists. No more than one-half of 1 percent of the organization’s current membership is selected by their peers […]
COLLEGE STATION — EDITOR’S NOTE: Texas A&M University’s Dr. Jennifer Marshall, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will be presenting a colloquium Tuesday (Oct. 17) on this result from the perspective of both the Dark Energy Survey, in which Texas A&M is an institutional partner, and general astronomy. Marshall’s talk, which will be live streamed […]
COLLEGE STATION — About 130 million years ago in the galaxy NGC 4993, a pair of neutron stars collided as a result of the slow but inexorable decay of their orbits, as predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The cosmic collision of these objects, similar to the Sun in mass but with […]
COLLEGE STATION — Thirteen faculty, staff and students within the Texas A&M University College of Science were recognized for recent outstanding accomplishments by Dean Meigan Aronson at the college’s annual Faculty-Staff Meeting and Awards Presentation Wednesday (Sept. 20). The ceremony, which honors college award recipients and serves as a forum for new faculty and […]
COLLEGE STATION — For more than a decade, Texas A&M University high energy physicist Rupak Mahapatra has been making the devices that make detection of the particles believed to be behind dark matter and therefore nearly a quarter of the universe possible. Mahapatra has been instrumental in positioning the international Super Cryogenic Dark Matter […]
BATAVIA, ILLINOIS — Dark Energy Survey (DES) scientists, including astronomers at Texas A&M University, are celebrating the release of the most accurate measurement to date of the present large-scale structure of the universe. DES scientists unveiled their most recent findings in a presentation today (August 3) at the American Physical Society Division of Particles and […]
COLLEGE STATION — When Texas A&M University physicist David Toback was elected three years ago as co-spokesperson for the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), he had one primary goal: to help the group’s 400-person active author list publish the collaboration’s important legacy papers and final results. […]
AUSTIN — EDITOR’S NOTE: Prior to coming to Texas A&M University in 2008, Darren DePoy spent 18 years at The Ohio State University, building both the astronomy program along with an international reputation for excellence in astronomical instrumentation. Together with fellow Texas A&M astronomer Jennifer Marshall, he built the first KELT system used in […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, instructional associate professor of physics and astronomy, has been recognized with the 2017 Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award, the most prestigious faculty honor bestowed by Texas A&M University in recognition of classroom performance. Erukhimova joins Dr. Reuben A. Buford May, professor of sociology and Glasscock University Professor […]
COLLEGE STATION — One of the most heated debates in science surrounds the existence of supersymmetry, a theoretical model of physics predicting that each known particle in the universe has an undiscovered partner particle. It’s a theory with legs in no small part because of its alluring potential to explain dark matter and dark […]
COLLEGE STATION — An international team of astronomers including two from Texas A&M University has, for the first time, spotted a massive, inactive galaxy from a time when the Universe was only 1.65 billion years old. Astronomers expect most galaxies from this epoch to be low-mass minnows, busily forming stars. However, this galaxy is […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University astronomer Jonelle Walsh doesn’t sugar-coat things regarding science’s understanding of the mysterious cosmic phenomenon known as supermassive black holes. “There’s simply a lot we don’t know,” Walsh said, with emphasis on the “a lot” part. Walsh, however, is not one to shy away from a challenge. As a […]
COLLEGE STATION — Six members of the College of Science are among the 24 Texas A&M University faculty and staff set to be honored by the university and The Association of Former Students with 2017 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards and their respective recipients from Texas A&M Science (which ties the previous record of six […]
COLLEGE STATION — Mathematician Dr. Yvette Hester and astronomer Dr. Lucas Macri are teaming up to lead undergraduate efforts for the Texas A&M University College of Science in respective new administrative roles as assistant and associate deans, announced Dean of Science Meigan Aronson. Hester, an instructional associate professor and assistant department head for academic professional […]
COLLEGE STATION — Everyone has a backstory, even our own Milky Way galaxy. And much like social media, the picture is not always as pretty as it appears on the current surface, says Texas A&M University astronomer Casey Papovich. Papovich notes that large disk galaxies like our own Milky Way were not always the well-ordered, […]
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