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October

SPS 2019
May 29, 2024

SPS student group photo

The UNM attendees gather for a photo at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Five physics students took home awards for their research at the annual meeting of the Four Corners Section of the American…


2019 Fall Demo Night
October 31, 2019

The following Physics and Astronomy undergraduate students put on an excellent demo show in Regener Hall for a packed audience of about 300! The demos covered a wide range of basic physics concepts an…


Alexander
October 29, 2019

The entanglement structure of a large-scale quantum processor made of light.

The entanglement structure of a large-scale quantum processor made of light.
Credit: Shota Yokoyama 2019


An international team of scientists from Australia, Japan and the United States, including our p…


November

Magnetic Ropes
November 26, 2019

A Galaxy

** An image of the "Whale Galaxy" (NGC 4631), made with the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), reveals hair-like filaments of the galaxy's magnetic field protruding a…


Mercury Transit
November 11, 2019

A tiny dot in front of the massive yellow sun

Monday, November 11, 2019 8 am - 11 am

On Monday, November 11, 2019 a rare celestial event occurred.

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, passed between the Sun and Earth, visibly crossing the surf…