physics

Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space

Iowa-led instrument detects plasma density jump, confirming spacecraft has entered the realm of the stars

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2019.11.04 | 10:00 am

$115M NASA contract calls for UI physicists to study connection between Earth, sun magnetic fields

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2019.06.20 | 03:30 pm

UI physicists use specialized furnace to produce key piece of magnetic-field instrument

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2019.04.25 | 01:57 pm

UI undergrad earns research accolades as he aims for a military career studying space

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2019.02.25 | 11:00 am

Researchers are co-investigators on two instrument suites aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2018.08.10 | 09:07 am

Research groups with Large Hadron Collider will help design, build, and test subdetectors

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2018.08.06 | 11:26 am

Radio- and plasma-wave detector observed signs of lightning on Jupiter, determined when Voyager left solar system

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2017.09.05 | 10:58 am

Observations suggest quasars may starve galaxies of energy needed to form stars

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2017.07.31 | 08:56 am

UI physicist Usha Mallik searches for ‘bottom quark’ that could confirm existence of ‘God particle’

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2017.01.13 | 08:33 am

By: Office of Strategic Communication | 2017.01.11 | 11:13 am