Galaxy dynamics are confronted with one of the deepest problems of modern physics: the dark matter problem. The motions of stars and gas observed exceed what can be explained by the mass visible in ...

The lecture series features Francis Nimmo, Adriane Steinacker, and Graeme Smith discussing different aspects of the transit of Venus. Photo courtesy of Greg Laughlin. This photo taken at Lick ...

Dr. Arno Penzias, recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics, will give a non-technical illustrated talk on “A Personal View of the Big Bang,” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. PST. The free public ...

(OK so I'll post this but then I really really have to get back to work!) I just got a note from the American Astronomical Society that many of the big lectures at the meeting in January 2008 were ...

Southwestern Oregon Community College's Physics and Astronomy Lecture Series welcomes Tonia Venters with her lecture “Illuminating the Extreme Cosmos through Antiparticle Astronomy.” This will be a ...