News

December 10, 2021
2021 has been a busy year in the physics department and we welcome several new faculty colleagues with secondary appointments in the areas of Atomic, Molecular & Optical...
December 8, 2021
Wright Lab’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Group (RHIG), led by professor of physics Helen Caines and D. Allan Bromley Professor Emeritus of Physics John Harris,  has been taking...
December 7, 2021
Charles Ahn, John C. Malone Professor of Applied Physics, and his group’s research was recently covered in the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science News,...
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December 7, 2021
On October 27th, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA) co-hosted a discussion for Yale graduate students, faculty...
Millions of man-made debris and naturally occurring micrometeoroids orbit in and around Earth's space environment at hypervelocity speeds averaging 10 km/s (22,000 mph). This "space junk" collides with spacecraft and satellites potentially causing serious damage or catastrophic failure. (Image courtesy of NASA)
November 30, 2021
Marla Geha, professor of astronomy, with a secondary appointment in physics, was featured in Yale News (Jim Shelton, Nov. 30, 2021), “The race is on to erase space junk”....