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Olivia Gaunt’s Reach for the Stars

This astronomy graduate student leads high schoolers in researching rare stellar formations

Tufts’ Ken Olum Searches for Evidence of Cosmic Strings in a Background of Gravitational Waves

Professor of Physics and Astronomy Ken Olum is one of a large team of collaborators in the NANOGrav project – a huge 15 year undertaking that has uncovered a background of gravitational waves coursing through our galaxy.

Three Questions About Quantum Computing and Secure Communications

As the Biden administration warns about the possibility of widely used cryptographic systems being broken, Professor of Physics and Astronomy Peter Love weighs the risks.

Stars and galaxies in the dark sky. The James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sensitive of its kind, will allow us to detect the first galaxies, says Tufts astronomer.

New Webb Space Telescope Sees into the Universe’s Deepest Past

Professor of Physics and Astronomy Danilo Marchesini discusses the new James Webb Space Telescope—and the research projects he has running on it targeting massive galaxies from the very early universe.

Natalie Wolchover, Physics Major Tufts class of 2008 and Neubauer Scholar, wins Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism

For coverage that revealed the complexities of building the James Webb Space Telescope, designed to facilitate groundbreaking astronomical and cosmological research.

The Physics Profession Has LGBT+ Issues

A new study finds that overall climate and exclusionary behaviors are the biggest factors for LGBT+ scientists leaving physics, with women and trans people most likely to experience harassment

Prof. Peter Love Discusses Quantum Computing at London Science Museum

Prof. Love and other experts tackled myths and misconceptions about Quantum Computing as part of the London Science Museum's "Lates" series.

Black in Physics Week

Together with colleagues from around the country, the department celebrate the contributions of Black physicists and astronomers with Black In Physics week.

Changes to GRE General and Physics subject test scores starting the admission cycle for the 2022-2023 Academic Year