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The Plasma Science Experiment showing cups that measure the direction of solar wind

An interstellar instrument takes a final bow

The Plasma Science Experiment aboard NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft turns off after 47 years and 15 billion miles.

October 10, 2024
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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NASA’s TESS Spots Record-Breaking Stellar Triplets

October 2, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
The Plasma Science Experiment showing cups that measure the direction of solar wind

An interstellar instrument takes a final bow

October 2, 2024
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
An illustration of a quantum machine is illustrated with a central core, with three panels attached, each depicting a different research area of physics.

The Next Quantum Revolution

September 27, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Quantum Information Science
Sahil Pontula adjusts lens of experiment

Working at Light’s Quantum Frontier

September 27, 2024
Categories: Profile, Alumni, Atomic Physics
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If the Universe Is a Hologram, This Long-Forgotten Math Could Decode It

September 25, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory

MIT astrophysicist talks gravitational waves, tech advancement at K-State

September 25, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Artist’s Impression of the Black Hole Concentration in NGC 6397

Dark Matter Could Be Hiding Out as Atom-Sized Black Holes

September 24, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Against the dark background with white dots, fuzzy brown line with a halo splits the image horizontally. Two purple ovals are placed below and above the center of the line. Where the ovals touch the brown line glows in white. The outer edges of the ovals near the brown line glows in blue.

How did dark matter shape the universe? This physicist has ideas

September 23, 2024
Categories: Profile, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
Tracy Slatyer poses in front of blackboard covered in physics equations

Tracy Slatyer named as one of 2024’s SN 10: Scientists to Watch

September 23, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
A syringe and vial in front of a view of a lymph node shown in pink and blue splotches.

A two-dose schedule could make HIV vaccines more effective

September 20, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Biophysics
An aerial view of the Virgo site shows the Mode-Cleaner building, the Central building, the 3km-long west arm and the beginning of the north arm.

We’ve just doubled the number of gravitational waves we can find

September 19, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Transmission electron micrograph graphic

New material sports wavy layers of atoms

September 19, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment
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