Shapley’s award of the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics will be presented at the 249th AAS Meeting, Jan. 10-14, ...

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, where the pursuit of scientific discovery and innovation meets cutting-edge research and academic excellence. Our ...

The interactive tool below benchmarks physics and astronomy programs nationwide by faculty size and the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded. This allows departments and administrators to see where ...

A University of Kansas alumna became the fifth Jayhawk to go to space last week, and professors are hoping her accomplishment ...

Chris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford's Department of Physics, responds to the news that University funding for astronomy and physics ...

Three students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at East Texas A&M University have been awarded competitive ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college in the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing ...

The Department's annual fund supports undergraduate research, scholarships, lab upgrades, and public outreach efforts in physics & astronomy. This fund supports the Sac State Planetarium’s educational ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...