The IceCube project at the geographic South Pole melted eighty-six holes over 1.5 miles deep in the Antarctic icecap to construct an enormous astronomical observatory. The experiment recently ...

Twice every year, the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute sponsors the Arthur Holly Compton lecture series, which provide the public an inside look at the questions about the universe with ...

Physics seminars serve as a dynamic platform where researchers and scholars come together to exchange knowledge, discuss cutting-edge discoveries, and delve into the intricacies of the physical world.

Presented by: Professor Paul Beale 2:30 p.m. Abstract: Science is a human endeavor. The discovery that the Universe began abruptly 13.8 billion years ago is one of the great scientific stories of the ...

Drexel’s Department of Physics hosted its annual Kaczmarczik Lecture and Science Fair on February 27. This year’s Kaczmarczik Lecture was the 24th installment of this signature College of Arts and ...

The Saturday Physics Series consists of five to seven scheduled talks oriented toward adults and high school students. Lectures occur on specific Saturdays afternoons throughout the school year, ...

Prof. Andrea Ghez, who shared this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, will deliver a virtual lecture Oct. 22 as part of the University of Chicago’s Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture series. Entitled “The ...

At the center of the Milky Way galaxy, some 27,000 light years from Earth, there's a great dark beast. With a mass estimated to be equal to 4 million suns, this supermassive black hole is terrifying ...