News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
UNLV researchers made international headlines this year with their discoveries. Here's a roundup of some of our top stories of 2021.
A collection of news stories featuring stargazing and change at UNLV.

A flurry of more than 1,650 FRBs detected by FAST telescope over 47 days in 2019 unlocks clues to the nature and location of the powerful millisecond-long cosmic radio explosions.

Potential discovery of a circumtriple planet has implications for bolstering our understanding of planet formation.

A collection of news stories highlighting research, health, and community at UNLV.
A collection of news stories highlighting remembrance and improvement at UNLV.
A collection of news stories highlighting celebration, health, and progress at UNLV.
Synakowski, currently the vice president for research and economic development at the University of Wyoming, will join UNLV Aug. 30.

At UNLV, astronomy Ph.D. graduate Jeremy Smallwood racks up scientific publications rather than stressing about individual grades.
A collection of news stories highlighting health, recovery, and celebration at UNLV.

Physics professor Michael Pravica's work on useful hard X-ray photochemistry could reveal novel materials — and possibly an explanation for the origin of life on Earth.

A collection of news stories from the new year highlighting the experts and events at UNLV.