Physics & Astronomy
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Devotional: Things I believe
Gus Hart, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He shared six core beliefs he gained through his life experiences.
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BYU acoustics capture the sound of NASA’s Artemis I launch
BYU students, professors gather data at the world’s most powerful rocket launch.
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BYU scientists collaborate with astronomers around the world to understand distant galaxy
BYU’s West Mountain Observatory was one of 37 ground-based telescopes throughout the world monitoring the active galaxy that is roughly 1 billion light years away.
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Center for Bright Beams
How do we collect information about the world around us? How do we organize it in a way that makes sense so we can improve society? Can we make improvements in science that will help other scientists in their work?
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NASA turns to BYU for critical Mars research ahead of human missions
A multidisciplinary team of BYU chemistry and engineering researchers has been tasked by NASA to develop a system to measure the size and electrical charge of Mars dust — a detail seemingly innocuous, yet critical to the success of human missions to the Red Planet.
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Dr. Kent Gee Appointed as Chair of the Department of Physics & Astronomy
Dean Gus Hart of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has appointed Dr. Kent L. Gee as chair of the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Gee replaced Richard R. Vanfleet, who served as department chair since 2013.
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Finding Your Place in the Universe
Astronomy professor Denise Stephens encouraged students to embrace their talents and use them for good at a recent BYU Women’s Service and Resources leadership event.
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Go Ahead, Take the Hard Classes
Dr. Pete Roming may now be the director of Southwest Research Institute’s Space Engineering Department, but he still remembers how BYU helped start his career.
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Exciting Stars, Exciting Times, Exciting Research
David neilsen and eric hirschmann have spent years studying binary partnerships that are millions, even billions, of light years away in the universe—and those binary partnerships echo their personal partnership, both as friends and as research colleagues.
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BYU-Created Mini Tool has Massive Potential
BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars’ atmosphere — and that’s just one of its myriad possible uses. For decades mass spectrometers have offered a relatively fast and highly sensitive way to analyze and detect chemical compounds. But their bulky size has been a hindrance, limiting their in-field potential.
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BYU Researchers Develop Method That Could Produce Stronger, More Pliable Metals
It may not be as catchy as chains and weak links, but physicists and engineers know “a material is only as strong as its weakest grain boundary.”
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Astrofest Brings Children to the Stars
Astronomical processes and changes occur slowly on a timescale of years, decades, and millennia. That was not the case at BYU’s fast-moving Astrofest, the annual Department of Physics and Astronomy event that brings elementary school children to the stars for an afternoon.
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Wanted: Female Physicists
Summer had just begun, but teenage girls from across Utah County spent May 30 and 31 on the fourth floor of the Eyring Science Center soldering wires together.
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Uncovering Pieces of the Universe Puzzle
Thirty years ago, J. Ward Moody was pondering the existence of dwarf galaxies far, far away.
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Hottest Known Planet Published in Nature
It’s hot. Seriously hot. Not creeping-into-the-90s-crank-up-the-AC hot: nearly-8,000-degrees-Fahrenheit hot.
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A Master, A Teacher, A Leader
Teaching has always had a huge impact on BYU physics professor Duane Merrell—an impact that has both affected his life and guided his career and passion for teaching physics.
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Astrofest: Where Fun and Science Collide
BYU invites families and students to attend this year’s Astrofest.
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