TAMU Physics Festival logo
Menu
Astronomy Open House Set for Friday Now Cancelled
Menu

News

Observatory

Astronomy Open House Set for Friday Now Cancelled

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. […]
More
Dr. Dimitri Nanopoulos Award

Texas A&M Physicist Earns Fermi Prize for Research Excellence

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Dimitri Nanopoulos, a distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M University and one of the world’s leading researchers in high-energy physics, has been selected by the Italian Physical Society (SIF) as one of two recipients of its 2009 Enrico Fermi Prize in recognition of his pioneering international work in the field […]
More
The George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute

New Horizons: Texas A&M to Dedicate Mitchell Physics Buildings

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University will celebrate the future of physics and astronomy and the power of public-private partnerships later this week in the official dedication of two new physics buildings, located in the northeast quadrant of the main Texas A&M campus. On Friday (Dec. 4) at 2 p.m., Texas A&M and Texas A&M […]
More
Award

Texas A&M Physicists Earn Prestigious Hyer Research Award

COLLEGE STATION — Two physicists from Texas A&M University, Xingbo Zhao and Dr. Ralf Rapp, were awarded the 2009 Robert S. Hyer Research Award of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society (TSAPS). The annual award recognizes a physics student and his or her adviser for physics research that demonstrates excellence and relevance to […]
More
Lucas Macri Headshot

Macri to Present Public Astronomy Talk at UT-Brownsville

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. […]
More
ADM Group Picture

Mitchell Institute Hosts World Celebration of ADM, General Relativity Innovation

COLLEGE STATION — The George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of a major theoretical discovery in physics, the “ADM formalism,” with a conference in honor of the three scientists who invented the theory in 1959. “ADM-50: A Celebration of Current […]
More
Technology

Texas A&M-Developed Technology May Cool the Laptop

COLLEGE STATION — Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Dr. Jairo Sinova, a Texas A&M University physics professor. Sinova and colleagues from Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, Institute of Physics ASCR, University of […]
More
Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach

Nobel Laureate to Speak at Commencement

COLLEGE STATION — Nobel Laureate Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach, professor of both physics and chemistry at Texas A&M University, has been selected as the university’s commencement convocation speaker Dec. 17 as a prelude to three graduation ceremonies conducted over the following two days, announced Interim President R. Bowen Loftin. Commencement convocation is a new Texas […]
More
Student using telescope

Astronomy Open House Planned for Friday

COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics and Astronomy will host its monthly Astronomy Open House Friday (Oct. 30) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free event will feature telescope observing (weather permitting, hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a Texas A&M […]
More
Darren DePoy

DePoy to Discuss Planets in Public Lecture at Discovery Center

AMARILLO — As part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official International Year of Astronomy, the Don Harrington Discovery Center will host an evening of astronomy Friday (Oct. 2) featuring a free public lecture by Texas A&M University astronomer Dr. Darren DePoy. DePoy, professor of physics and holder of […]
More
David Lee

Nobel Prize Winner to Join Texas A&M Physics Faculty

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. David M. Lee, 1996 Nobel Prize winner in Physics and James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences Emeritus at Cornell University, will join Texas A&M University’s Department of Physics, effective November 16, 2009, announced Dr. Edward S. Fry, professor and head of physics. Lee has accepted a position as […]
More
Observatory

Astronomy Open House Set for Friday

COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics will host its first Astronomy Open House of the 2009-10 academic year Friday (Sept. 25) from 8 to 10 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free event will feature telescope observing, hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a Texas […]
More
Picture of Nicholas B. Suntzeff

Suntzeff to Present Public Astronomy Talk at Texas Tech University

LUBBOCK — As part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official International Year of Astronomy, the Department of Physics at Texas Tech University will host an evening of astronomy Thursday (Sept. 24) featuring a free public lecture by Texas A&M University astronomer Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff. Suntzeff, director of […]
More
Science & Technology Policy Fellowship

A&M Physicist Receives Science & Technology Policy Fellowship

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Aaron Bergman, a postdoctoral theoretical high-energy physicist from Texas A&M University, has received a prestigious Science and Technology Policy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Bergman is among 190 doctoral-level scientists and master’s- and doctoral-level engineers across the nation who will spend a year working in […]
More
Giant Magellan Telescope

Australia Gets $72 Million for the GMT

PASADENIA, Calif. — The Australian government has announced that it will provide $88.4 million AUD ($72.4 million USD) to help fund the revolutionary 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) to be sited at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile’s high-altitude Atacama Desert. Officials with the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) Corporation, which includes Texas A&M University, say […]
More

Texas A&M to Host Binational Workshop on Materials Research

COLLEGE STATION — Materials researchers and engineers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (CINVESTAV), Queretaro, will meet with Texas A&M University materials researchers July 13-15 to further academic exchanges between the two research universities. The goal of the workshop is to open mutually beneficial opportunities for […]
More
Dr. Robert E. Tribble Award

Tribble Earns Honorary Doctorate for Research Achievement

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Robert E. Tribble, distinguished professor of physics and director of Texas A&M University’s Cyclotron Institute, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia, in recognition of his research achievement. Tribble, an international leader in experimental nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics, recently was presented with […]
More
Alfredo Gurrola

1st PERSON INTERVIEW: Physics Ph.D. Student Shares CERN Experience

“My name is Alfredo Gurrola. I am a 25-year-old doctoral candidate from Texas A&M University. I have been stationed at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) for nearly a year and have had the great pleasure of working with some of the greatest physics minds in the world. “For the past 3.5 years, I […]
More
Observatory

Astronomy Open House Set for Friday

COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics is hosting its final Astronomy Open House of the 2008-09 academic year Friday (May 29) from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free event will feature telescope observing, star gazing, and a public talk by a Texas A&M […]
More
Hubble Space Telescope

Refined Hubble Constant Narrows Possible Explanations for Dark Energy

BALTIMORE — Whatever dark energy is, explanations for it have less wiggle room following a landmark Hubble Space Telescope observation that has refined the measurement of the Universe’s present expansion rate to a precision where the error is smaller than five percent. The new value for the expansion rate, known as the Hubble constant or […]
More

Load More

Copyright © 2025. All rights reserved, Texas A&M University Trademark | Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843