News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV staff and students.
A collection of news highlights featuring students and faculty.
UNLV astrophysicists analyze data from Event Horizon Telescope’s groundbreaking imaging of Sagittarius A* and suggest it formed by merger of two black holes roughly 9 billion years ago.
The College of Sciences installs a dilution refrigerator, a machine used to study quantum particles and devices near absolute zero.
New study by international team of scientists in the journal Nature has discovered the origin of the persistent emission of radiation observed in some deep-space fast radio bursts.
Roundup of the hottest news headlines featuring UNLV students and staff.
News highlights featuring UNLV students and staff who made (refreshing) waves in the headlines.
Two studies pair observational data with machine learning models to increase precision in distance estimates for GRBs.
President Keith E. Whitfield honors six graduates who have shown exemplary commitment to both the community and their studies.
News highlights starring UNLV students and faculty who made local and national headlines.
Study in Nature Astronomy theorizes that dense stellar clusters may eject pairs of giant planets, which remain gravitationally bound to one another.
A collection of news stories and highlights featuring UNLV students and faculty.