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South Africa Foreign Study Trip 2019

February 27, 2019

Every other winter, the department sends a handful of motivated students to Cape Town, South Africa, where they spend ten weeks conducting independent research, doing youth outreach at local schools, and taking courses in astronomy. This includes one full week at the South African Astronomical Observatory, home to the largest telescope in the southern hemisphere, SALT. Pictured above are the 2019 student participants, enjoying a day off to go sightseeing along the Cape of Good Hope.
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Talk Science

February 27, 2019

Symmetry Magazine lists 10 seemingly normal words that mean something different in a scientific context.
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Department welcomes Assistant Professor Jedidah Isler

February 19, 2019

"I study supermassive, hyperactive black holes called blazars in order to understand how nature does particle acceleration. I use blazars–supermassive black holes at the centers of massive galaxies that “spin up” jets of particles moving at nearly the speed of light–as my laboratory. By obtaining observations across the electromagnetic spectrum from radio, optical, and all the way through to gamma-rays, I piece together how and why these black holes are able to create such efficient particle accelerators and, by extension, I understand the universe a tiny bit better.
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Department Welcomes Assistant Professor Elisabeth Newton

February 5, 2019

"I use observations to study the most common type of star in our Galaxy: small, cool stars called M dwarfs. How do these stars' spins and magnetic properties change over time? What types of planets orbit them?" Read more about the 2019 incoming Faculty members including Professor Newton from Dartmouth News
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NASA Ride-Along

January 21, 2019

On Jan. 4, Professor James LaBelle and team sent a payload of sounding equipment into space on board a NASA rocket as part of an international project to study the formation of high-energy particles just outside the Earth.
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