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Charles Brown returns to Yale for “Perspectives: Conversations with Alumni” series

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)

Marla Geha, The race is on to erase space junk

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”....

Yale Physics Talia Weiss co-founds Kimball Smith Series

November 30, 2021
The Kimball Smith Series–co-founded by Talia Weiss, graduate student in physics and member of Yale’s Wright Lab, and Ellie Singer, undergraduate  student in political...

Beatrice Tinsley Prize Lecture 2021

November 24, 2021
The Yale Physics 2021 Beatrice Tinsley Prize Lecture, hosted by the Yale Society of Physics Students, Women in Physics, and Astronomy majors, will be given on November 29th...
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Yale physicist Steve Lamoreaux explains the physics of football on ESPN

November 24, 2021
Steve Lamoreaux, professor of physics, and member of Yale’s Wright Lab, explained the physics of football for a segment for ESPN’s NFL Countdown that aired on...