The stars have never been closer to Texas, as 2014’s final months brought the world’s largest telescope to the threshold of construction. The Giant Magellan Telescope will be 10 times stronger than the Hubble Space Telescope when it sees first light in 2021, surpassing any previous observatory. Texas A&M and the University of Texas are […]
COLLEGE STATION — In addition to a world-class astronomy program, Texas A&M University is home to one of the top three college astronomy observatories in the nation, according to the website College Rank. The Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy Teaching Observatory is ranked No. 3 in a recent survey of the 25 Best College Astronomy […]
COLLEGE STATION — Three Texas A&M University astronomers have their sights set on new astrophysical insights involving the Milky Way Galaxy and beyond, thanks to the help of recent grants from the National Science Foundation. Jennifer Marshall, Casey Papovich and Kim-Vy Tran each led proposals selected for funding as part of the latest round of […]
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been named a co-recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his role in the 1998 discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe. The prestigious award, considered the world’s most lucrative academic prize at […]
COLLEGE STATION — As a child peering through her toy telescope, Texas A&M University graduate student Ting Li was fascinated by the Moon and constellations — not so much by their cosmic beauty, but about why they exist in the first place. “The sky always seemed so beautiful to me,” Li said. “But outer space […]
COLLEGE STATION — Local science enthusiasts and physics professionals throughout the Lone Star State are in for a Texas-sized treat this weekend as Texas A&M University plays host to the Texas sections of three major professional groups and a three-day showcase of international excellence in physics. The 2014 Joint Fall Meeting of the Texas Sections […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: We preface the following general university news release with comments from Nicholas B. Suntzeff, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University and director of the astronomy program: “Most people have no idea what 87,000 miles really means. It is one-third the distance between the Earth and the Moon and would […]
COLLEGE STATION — As a successful chief executive officer for a major ophthalmology practice in the Boston area, Texas A&M University former student Randall C. Shepard ’71 has made the most of his Aggie education, forging an extensive business career as well as a progressive reputation in community and workforce development circles extending from the […]
There is a common misconception that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was built only to search for the Higgs boson. It is intended to answer many different questions about subatomic particles and the nature of our universe, so the collision data are reused by thousands of scientists, each studying their own favorite questions. Usually, a […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. George W. Kattawar, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive The Oceanography Society’s 2014 Nils Gunnar Jerlov Award. The Jerlov Award, named for ocean optics research pioneer Nils Gunnar Jerlov and funded by NASA and the U.S. Office of Naval Research, is bestowed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has officially agreed to support the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) in managing the construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in Chile. Texas A&M University astronomers Nicholas B. Suntzeff, Lifan Wang and Lucas Macri in the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell […]
COLLEGE STATION — An international team of astronomers led by Texas A&M University’s Kim-Vy Tran and using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unexpectedly discovered the most distant cosmic magnifying glass yet, produced by a monster elliptical galaxy. The galaxy existed 9.6 billion years ago, beating the previous record by 200 million years. It is known […]
COLLEGE STATION — A new documentary celebrating the life of visionary Texas businessman and global energy pioneer George P. Mitchell, a 1940 distinguished petroleum engineering graduate of Texas A&M University and all-time most generous donor in Texas A&M history, is set to make its public television debut next month, roughly a week after the one-year […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University is involved in two of the three dark matter experiments — including both of the ones searching for weakly interacting dark matter particles — selected for future funding by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. On Friday (July 11), the DOE’s Office of Science and […]
COLLEGE STATION — An international team of astronomers has discovered a new exoplanet orbiting just one star in a two-star system — a dynamic duo not only strikingly similar to our Earth and Sun but also key to the continuing evolution of planetary formation science. The team’s research, published today in the July 4 edition […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University physicist Tatiana Erukhimova has been honored by the Texas A&M chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, as the 2014 recipient of the chapter’s Outstanding Science Communicator Award in recognition of superior skill and dedication to improving science education. Erukhimova received a commemorative plaque and a $750 cash […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University junior physics major Nicholas P. Mondrik ’15 has been named a 2014 Goldwater Scholar by the Goldwater Scholarship Foundation in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. Mondrik is the 40th Texas A&M student who has been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program, the nation’s […]
BATAVIA, IL — The CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) elected David Toback as co-spokesperson on March 17. The Texas A&M University physics professor will join fellow CDF spokesperson Costas Vellidis in leading the experiment. Toback began working with the CDF collaboration in 1991, while he was a […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University astronomer Kim-Vy Tran is one of four researchers featured in the Giant Magellan Telescope’s Google+ month-long March series highlighting some of the women working on the Giant Magellan Telescope, from what sparked their interest in science to what inspires them today. A member of the Texas A&M Department of […]
CHICAGO AND GENEVA — Scientists working on the world’s leading particle collider experiments have joined forces, combined their data and produced the first joint result from Fermilab’s Tevatron and CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), past and current holders of the record for most powerful particle collider on Earth. Scientists from the four experiments involved — […]
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