In The News: College of Sciences
Lasting only about a second, it turned out to be one for the record books—the shortest gamma-ray burst (GRB) caused by the death of a massive star ever seen.
From insulator to metal and back again - a new transition phenomenon reported by Rochester and Las Vegas researchers ‘will find a place in physics textbooks.’
A multi-decade drought has left Lake Mead and Lake Powell with record low water levels.
Some exoplanets don’t fit into the major categories. And like many oddballs, they can be more interesting than the conformists.
On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a pulse of high-energy radiation that had been racing toward Earth for nearly half the present age of the universe. Lasting only about a second, it turned out to be one for the record books – the shortest gamma-ray burst (GRB) caused by the death of a massive star ever seen.
At more than 420 parts per million (ppm) in May, scientists measured the highest levels of carbon in the atmosphere since they started taking direct measurements 63 years ago at Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory.
A new numerical study suggests that the answer depends upon how much water is in Earth’s mantle.
Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) using computer simulations revealed that the supermassive black holes may also generate Tsunami-like structures in the universe.
Native students at Nevada’s two land-grant universities feel they aren’t getting the support they need. But work is underway to change that.
Are you aware that even space can have tsunamis? It has recently come to light that scientists have discovered tsunamis forming outside of Earth that gets triggered by black holes.
Computer simulations from a NASA-funded study suggests that supermassive black holes may generate tsunamis in space from escaping gas.
The region surrounding a supermassive black hole is truly an environment of extremes. Thanks to new computer simulations, researchers have gained some insights into what can happen in the gas surrounding one of these cosmic giants.