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Robyn Millan Receives NASA Grant to Study Earth’s Magnetosphere The multi-institutional project was chosen for a concept study as part of NASA’s Heliophysics Small Explorers program. Join GEMS Today! We are Physics & Astronomy’s safe space for minoritized genders. Exploring the Life and Death of Stars Professor John Thorstensen and students in the Astronomy Foreign Study Program in South Africa discovered new details about the lifecycle of an unusual class of stars. Violent Atmosphere Gives Rare Look at Early Planetary Life Neptune-sized planet strangely and sporadically burps hydrogen as it circles its sun. Physics and Astronomy Major Discovers Two Exoplanets Similar in size and density to Neptune, the planets orbit a young, sun-like star. Discovering the Faintest Galaxies in the Universe Ella Marin ’25 received training on a world-class telescope in Chile as part of her research collaboration with Professor Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil. Quanta Magazine highlights work by Professor Yi-Hsin Liu and Dartmouth student Matthew Goodbred (’23) Quanta magazine article features work by Professor Yi-Hsin Liu and Dartmouth student Matthew Goodbred (’23) illuminating the explosive process of magnetic reconnection powering solar flares. Nathaniel Alden ’23 at the APS April Meeting Nathaniel has presented a poster on his research project at the annual April meeting of the American Physical Society, this year held in Minneapolis, April 15-18. Recent Publications view all Enhancement of fusion reactivities using non-Maxwellian energy distributions Ben I. Squarer, Carlo Presilla, Roberto Onofrio Phys. Rev. E 109, 025207 – Published 9 February 2024 Nearly Heisenberg-limited noise-unbiased frequency estimation by tailored sensor design Francisco Riberi , Gerardo A. Paz-Silva, Lorenza Viola Phys. Rev. A 108, 042419 – Published 19 October 2023 Extended Magnetic Reconnection in Kinetic Plasma Turbulence Tak Chu Li , Yi-Hsin Liu , Yi Qi, Muni Zhou Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 085201 – Published 22 August 2023 Conditions for Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection under the Presence of Shear Flow and Guide Field Sarah Peery , Yi-Hsin Liu , Xiaocan Li The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 964, Number 2 - Published 27 March 2024 Events view all May 14 3:00PM Physics & Astronomy Quantum Nano Seminar - Dr. Benedetta Flebus, Boston College Wilder 202 & Zoom Title: "A solid-state platform for cooperative quantum phenomena" Departments African and African American Studies Anthropology Art History Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages Program Biological Sciences Chemistry Classics Cognitive Science Comparative Literature Computer Science Earth Sciences East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies Economics Education Engineering Sciences English Environmental Studies Film and Media Studies French and Italian Geography German Studies Government History Humanities 1 & 2 Jewish Studies Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies Linguistics Mathematics Medieval and Renaissance Studies Music Native American Studies Philosophy Physics and Astronomy Psychological and Brain Sciences Quantitative Social Science Religion Sociology Spanish and Portuguese Speech at Dartmouth Studio Art Theater Women’s and Gender Studies Writing Program Inclusivity A diverse and inclusive intellectual community is critical to an exceptional education, scholarly innovation, and human creativity. 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