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Large, high-tech telescope mounted inside an open observatory dome at dusk
February 9, 2026
Multiple early-career honors earned by Institute for Fundamental Science faculty highlight growing research momentum and impact.
Pine mountain observatory with people outside looking at the night sky.
February 6, 2026
Institute for Fundamental Science researchers collaborate with accelerators, detect exoplanets, and help chart future directions of physics research.
A long row of large white radio telescopes stands in an open desert plain under a blue sky.
January 22, 2026
While studying cosmic events a trillion times more powerful than the Death Star’s superlaser, Yvette Cendes is also making astronomy more accessible.
Distant galaxies look like blobs of light in the darkness of space.
January 21, 2025
Tien-Tien Yu, who studies particle physics and dark matter, has been award the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.