In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
There are much faster methods for onboarding than the current procedures.

As kids, you probably learned that matter — the stuff that makes up us and everything else — can come in three different states: solid, liquid, and gas.
Water ice is water ice, you might say. Okay, you have rockets, pear ice creams and so on. But if you freeze nothing but pure water—that is, molecules made up of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms—you simply get ice—right?
Water ice is water ice, you might say. Okay, you have rockets, pear ice creams and so on. But if you freeze nothing but pure water—that is, molecules made up of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms—you simply get ice—right?

Student says new form of ice could potentially be from outer space.

Student says new form of ice could potentially be from outer space.
On this episode of Cheddar Innovates: Astronauts, get your warm drinks ready. Scientists say they've discovered a new form of ice that could exist on a distant planet.
On this episode of Cheddar Innovates: Astronauts, get your warm drinks ready. Scientists say they've discovered a new form of ice that could exist on a distant planet.
According to recent research results, polarization could hold key clues to unraveling the enigma of fast radio bursts (FRBs).
Wait, wasn't this the plot to that one Kurt Vonnegut novel?
Wait, wasn't this the plot to that one Kurt Vonnegut novel?
Researchers say they've cooked up the elusive form of ice using crushing pressure and lasers.