In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Euro News

Airlines are trialling new techniques to shave minutes off turnaround procedures as a way to cut costs.

Space.com

The biggest issue you'd face is reaching that speed in the first place.

Vegas Inc

NASA published new research recently detailing a distant system of planets, and one of the authors is UNLV astrophysicist Jason Steffen. The work provides a deeper understanding of the solar system’s history using data from the retired Kepler space telescope.

Universe Today

Universe Today has explored the importance of studying impact craters and planetary surfaces and what these scientific disciplines can teach us about finding life beyond Earth.

Scientific American

These boarding methods are more efficient, but they come at a cost

Travel + Leisure

We're approaching solar maximum — here’s what that means.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Associate professor of physics at UNLV, Dr. Jason Steffen, joined us with more.

Las Vegas Sun

More than 115 million Americans are expected to travel over the Christmas and New Year holidays — more than a 2% increase from the same time last year and the second-highest end-of-year forecast since 2000, according to AAA.

Reuters

Humans knew the Earth was round before the availability of satellite imagery, despite some online questioning how Hollywood could have depicted Earth as spherical before satellites existed.

Euronews

Shaving mere minutes off flight times might seem trivial on paper, but it can result in huge savings for airlines.

KCRW

More than 800 airport hospitality workers walked off the job this morning, demanding better wages. It’s all happening on one of the busiest and most stressful travel days of the year. Millions of people will pass through LAX this Thanksgiving weekend.

L'Opinion

One of the major US airlines is changing its boarding process to make it faster. But it could be even faster