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MACRI MEETS MACRI: Texas Astronomers Meet Argentine President to Discuss Telescope
BUENOS AIRES — Texas ties forged seven years ago during the International Year of Astronomy have taken two Lone Star State astronomers global in a quest for a new Argentina-based telescope to aid in the hunt for LIGO-based evidence beyond gravitational waves — specifically, that of neutron star mergers. While in Buenos Aires this […]
Texas A&M Grad Student Ting Li Awarded Fermilab’s Lederman Fellowship
COLLEGE STATION — Ting Li ’16, a graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Lederman Fellowship in Experimental Physics, one of the most distinguished postdoctoral fellowships in experimental particle physics. The three-year fellowship was created in 1989 by the […]
Physics & Engineering Festival Set for April 9
COLLLEGE STATION — The Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University invite audiences across Texas, the nation and even the world to get up-close and personal with science and technology this spring at the 2016 Physics & Engineering Festival, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all […]
Local Photography Exhibit to Feature Two Original Hubble Glass Plates
COLLEGE STATION — When the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History kicks off its most recent exhibition, Capturing Time: The Story of Early Photography on Thursday (Jan. 28), a portion of the spotlight will be shining on astronomy connections, past and present. Texas A&M University astronomer Nicholas B. Suntzeff says the exhibit represents a […]
Four Texas A&M Faculty Elected as American Physical Society Fellows
COLLEGE STATION — Four Texas A&M University professors — Artem G. Abanov, Alexei V. Sokolov, David Toback and Vladislav V. Yakovlev — have been elected as 2015 Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), the world’s largest organization of physicists. No more than one-half of one percent of the organization’s current membership is selected […]
Scully Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
COLLEGE STATION — Marlan O. Scully, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a 2015 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Scully is one of two Texas A&M faculty-researchers recognized among the NAI’s 168 fellow honorees for 2015 announced today (Tuesday, Dec. 15). He joins […]
New Results from LUX: World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Gets Better
LEAD, S.D. — The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, operating nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the Black Hills of South Dakota and involving roughly 100 international scientists — including Texas A&M University physicist Robert C. Webb — has already proven itself to be the most sensitive […]
Scott Perkins ’17 Carries on Physics Family Tradition at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION — The Perkins brothers try to keep the conversation casual at family get-togethers, usually sticking to the weather, sports or life in general. But invariably, the small talk will turn into a lively debate on the race to Mars or any number of topical issues in the field of physics. The subject is […]
Giant Magellan Telescope Breaks Ground in Chile
ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — Leading scientists, senior officials and supporters from an international consortium of universities and research institutions including Texas A&M University are gathering on a remote mountaintop high in the Chilean Andes today (Wednesday, Nov. 11) to celebrate groundbreaking for the Giant Magellan Telescope. The ceremony marks the commencement of onsite construction of […]
ROOTED IN TEXAS A&M: Adairs Create Planned Gift to Benefit Texas A&M University
COLLEGE STATION — While traveling with Texas A&M University students in Italy nearly 20 years ago, Carolyn Adair ’69 discovered an overgrown olive tree grove badly in need of nurturing. Through a bit of coaxing and a labor of love, she and her husband Tom ’57 bought and transformed the grove into Amici Italian Imports, […]
Six Texas A&M Science Faculty Named to Endowed Chairs and Professorships
COLLEGE STATION — Six Texas A&M University professors recently have been appointed to endowed chairs and professorships within the College of Science, announced Dr. H. Joseph Newton, dean of the College of Science. Wenshe Liu has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Emile and Marta Schweikert Professorship in Chemistry, established in May 2014 […]
Giant Magellan Telescope to Cast Milestone Fourth Mirror
COLLEGE STATION — As one of 11 international partners in the Giant Magellan Telescope, Texas A&M University is part of important astrophysical history set to go down today (Friday, Sept. 18) beneath a football stadium in Tucson — the casting of the telescope’s fourth primary mirror at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror […]
Texas A&M to Host Statewide Astronomy Workshop in September 2015
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 […]
Dark Energy Survey Finds Eight New Dwarf Galaxy Candidates
COLLEGE STATION — Using one of the world’s most powerful digital cameras, scientists with the Dark Energy Survey have discovered eight more faint celestial objects hovering near our Milky Way galaxy, along with signs indicating that they — like the objects found by the same team earlier this year — likely are dwarf satellite galaxies, […]
Texas A&M Physics Grad Student Pushes Universal Boundaries With Stellar Spectroscopy
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University physics graduate student Daniel Nagasawa ’16 has some advice for budding astronomers: Never cease being amazed by things perceived as basic, from light to the elements. As a member of Texas A&M’s Charles R. ’62 and Judith G. Munnerlyn Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratory, Nagasawa’s passion for astronomy is steered by […]
Scientists Ready to Handle Increased Data of Large Hadron Collider’s Current Run
GENEVA — Physicist Alexx Perloff, a graduate student at Texas A&M University working on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, is using data from the first run of the Large Hadron Collider for his thesis, which he plans to complete this year. When all is said and done, it will have taken Perloff a year […]
Giant Magellan Telescope’s International Partners Approve Start of Construction Phase
PASADENA, Calif. — The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization has announced today (Wednesday, June 3) that its 11 international partners — including Texas A&M University — have committed more than US$500 million to begin construction of the first of a new generation of extremely large telescopes. Once it is built, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is […]
Li Honored with Distinguished Graduate Student Award in Research
COLLEGE STATION Fuxiang Li, a former graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, is one of 14 graduate students across the campus who have been named Texas A&M Distinguished Graduate Students for 2015 in recognition of exemplary achievement in teaching and research. Each year students are nominated by their […]