Featured Event
Total Lunar Eclipse May 2022
Gallalee Hall Rooftop Observatory Gallalee Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe University of Alabama Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to come watch the upcoming Total Lunar Eclipse with us using the 16" telescope on the roof of Gallalee
Colloquium – Atreya Acharyya – Astronomy at the Highest Photon Energies
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr.Atreya Acharyya (University of Alabama) Astronomy at the Highest Photon Energies Abstract: Most astronomical telescopes observe thermal radiation. However, this does not include the most energetic gamma-rays photons, produced
Colloquium – Leandro e Silva – Co-formation of the Milky Way’s thin and thick discs
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Leandro Beraldo e Silva (University of Michigan) Title: Co-formation of the Milky Way's thin and thick discs Abstract: Thin disc stars are younger than thick disc stars on
Special Colloquium – Hunter Waite – Exploration of Jupiter and the Galilean Moons
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Hunter Waite Jr. (NASA, SwRI) Title: Jupiter and the Galilean Moons: The Ongoing NASA Juno Mission to Jupiter and Future Exploration of Europa by the NASA Clipper Mission
Colloquium – Sukanya Chakrabarti – Towards Precision Measurement of Dark Matter
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Sukanya Chakrabarti (University of Alabama, Huntsville) Title: Towards Precision Measurement of Dark Matter Abstract: For more than a century now, our inference of the mass distributions (including dark matter)
Colloquium – Jason Terry – Analyzing Planet Forming Environments with Deep Learning
227 Gallalee Hall 514 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesSpeaker: Jason Terry (University of Georgia) Title: Analyzing Planet Forming Environments with Deep Learning Abstract: Protoplanetary discs - the birthplaces of planets - offer unique opportunities to advance our theories
HEP Seminar – Prof. Raman Sundrum (University of Maryland) – Spring 2023
GL 310 Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesProf. Sundrum, famous for his work on extra-dimensions (Randall-Sundrum model) is going to talk about cosmology and unification.
Colloquium – Steven Ehkert – 25 Years of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Gallallee Hall Room 227 , United StatesSpeaker: Steven Ehkert (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) Title: 25 Years of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Abstract: The Chandra X-ray Observatory, launched on July 23rd 1999, has revolutionized our understanding