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Every few centuries the sun blasts the Earth with a huge amount of high-energy particles. If it were to happen today, it would wreak havoc on technology.

Using atmospheric muons, created when charged particles from space strike the upper atmosphere, researchers aim to probe deep within the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Colleagues remember renowned astroparticle physicist, Antarctic researcher

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU Physics and Astronomy professor Chuck Higgins continues the department’s spring Star Party series at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 4.Higgins will bring the topic, “Winter Sky/Messier Top 10,” to the audience in Room 102 of Wiser-Patten Science Hall.Friday Star Parties are free and open to the public. The format is a 30- to 45-minute lecture followed by a telescope viewing at the MTS...

It does not get more Sudbury than this.

It does not get more Sudbury than this.

NASA and the European and Canadian Space Agencies launched the James Webb Space Telescope, which is nearly 100 times more powerful than the Hubble.

Researchers using one of the world's largest arrays of radio telescope have found thousands of mysterious strand-like structures while looking into the center of the Milky Way. These [...]

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The MTSU Department of Physics and Astronomy Star Parties for the spring 2022 semester resume Friday, Feb. 4.Professor Eric Klumpe kicks off the four-event series at 6:30 p.m. Friday, bringing “The Wacky Orbit of Webb Space Telescope” to the audience in Room 102 of Wiser-Patten Science Hall.Friday Star Parties are free and open to the public. The format is a 30- to 45-minute lecture...

In his upcoming web series, Sarbh plays the Indian nuclear physicist Dr Homi Bhabha