In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

EarthSky

GW Orionis, or GW Ori, is a triple star system located at the head of Orion the Hunter. A massive protoplanetary disk surrounds the triple star system.

Spektrum

As of yet, all that can be seen is a strange gap in the dust disk. But there are many indications that a planet has been discovered for the first time that orbits three stars at once.

The Seattle Times

GW Ori is a star system 1,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Orion. But fascinatingly, it is a system with not one star, but three.

Live Science

A Jupiter-sized world may be kicking up dust in the triple-star system GW Ori.

Future Zone

An exoplanet is said to orbit three stars at once. However, it poses a whole series of other questions to scientists.

Mashable

New research suggests an exoplanet in the GW Ori star system might be orbiting three stars at once.

Big World Tale

GW Ori is a star system 1,300 light years from Earth in the constellation of Orion. But fascinatingly, it is a system with not one star, but three.

New York Times

It’s called a circumtriple planet, and evidence that one exists suggests that planet formation is less unusual than once believed.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Native American enrollment is down at Nevada colleges, a trend students and professors say reflects an unwelcoming community that’s not committed to recruiting more familiar faces on campus.

Nevada Independent

This chip manufacturing shortage presents a premier opportunity for economic development in the Silver State.

Control Engineering

A new record for the temperature at which materials have superconductivity and has developed a novel way to synthesize superconducting materials at lower pressures than previously reported.

Control Engineering

A new record for the temperature at which materials have superconductivity and has developed a novel way to synthesize superconducting materials at lower pressures than previously reported.