New Mexico scientists played a pioneering role in the development of Quantum Informational Science; now The University of New Mexico (UNM) is partnering with Sandia National Laboratories to launch th…

Federal Physics Advisory Panel recommends groundbreaking strategies for U.S. investment in particle physics research

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Lobo Day 2024 set for Feb. 28 - Space-themed event to highlight UNM’s 135th birthday.

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The Optical Science and Engineering, (OSE) Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Applications are open for the fourth-annual Qu-REACH program, during which students can gain hands-on experience in the competitive field of quantum technology. The program will take place from May 28…

See the UNM Newsroom article: Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship recipient Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton presents talk on NASA's Psyche mission

Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs) are active galaxies that host supermassive black holes at their cores. Out of these monstrous black holes spring two jets traveling in opposite directions at nearly t…

The University of New Mexico’s Optical Science and Engineering program recently celebrated 40 years of graduate education in optics with two days of lectures, lab tours, student poster presentat…

On Saturday, April 13, the Department of Physics and Astronomy held UNM Physics Day 2024, an undergraduate research conference.

The annual event, held at UNM's Physics, Astronomy, and Interdisciplina…

The UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts its Annual Spring Lecture Demonstration Show in Room 103 Regener Hall. The event is free and open to the general public. Local high school teachers an…

Dave Dunlap's last day of teaching on Friday, May 3, 2024. Congratulations!!

The department celebrates the retirement of Prof. Dave Dunlap after a long and distinguished career at UNM.  Prof Dun…

Gas bubbling up from a lava-covered surface on 55 Cancri e may feed an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide.

Assistant Professor Diana Dragomir and recent Astrophysics degree recipien…

May 8, 2024: UNM Physics Graduate student Josef Sorenson has been selected to receive the US Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award to pursue his PhD this summe…

UNM Newsroom: Drake receives NSF CAREER Award to study optical frequency combs

Adaptation to the harsh conditions of a geologic period of global glaciation may have sparked the development of multicellular life. (image: Michael Schiffer/Unsplash)

William Crockett (UNM Physics a…

See the UNM Newsroom article: EDA awards $41M to Colorado- and New Mexico-based Elevate Quantum Tech Hub

Associate Professor Victor Acosta has won a prestigious five-year, $1.25M Experimental Physicist Investigator award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to study precision measurements with nitr…

See the UNM Newsroom story: UNM's PAÍS building: a GO Bond success story

See the New Mexico Sun article: UNM's PAÍS building enhances STEM education through GO Bond funding

UNM Physics and Astronomy Adjunct Professor Emil Mottola is the American Physical Society's 2024 Division of Gravitational Physics Fellowship recipient, and has been elected a fellow of the American P…

University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy Graduate student Andrew Gentry was selected recently to receive the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (…

Congratulations to Grant Block on being awarded a National Science Foundation/United States Geological Survey Internship!

He will be working on building new capability in the Pylith modeling software …