In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
NASA is quickly moving forward with plans to establish and build a Space Academy for the U.S. Space Force, similar to the existing military academies for the Air Force, Army and Navy.
While Earth's atmosphere protects us from harmful cosmic rays, other cosmic particles are passing through us every second.
One of the most notable astronomical phenomena of the year will occur in the early morning of August 13th (Vietnam time), when the Moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, creating a total solar eclipse.
Stargazers are over the moon. On August 12, the skies will be shrouded in a moon shadow due to a solar eclipse that will be visible in Europe, Canada and parts of the Northern US.
Here’s where the August 12 eclipse will be visible, what viewers can expect—and why even a partial eclipse requires proper eye protection.
Ask people why summer is hot, and a lot of them give the same answer: Earth must be closer to the Sun.The truth runs exactly backwards from the hunch.
The new GWTC-5.0 catalog adds 161 black hole collision events, confirming Hawking's theorem and identifying second-generation black holes for the first time.
UNLV appears several times on U.S. News & World’s Report’s new Best Global Universities rankings.
Researchers aim to extend battery life in electric vehicles, phones and laptops instead of sending packs to landfills
New research suggests that fleeting quantum forces leave lasting imprints on the brain, subtly influencing thought, intuition, and the choices we make.
A UNLV professor is looking to an unlikely source to extend the life of the lithium-ion batteries that have become a part of everyday life: X-rays.
Many people shy away from tackling the deep questions everyone has. Questions like “Why are we here?” “Where are we going?” and “What is the meaning of life?” UNLV Professor Dr. Michael Pravica is not one of those people. In fact, he’s spent much of his academic life attempting to answer those very questions with his background as a physicist providing a rational underpinning for his beliefs.