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9.3.24

Deciphering the mysteries of planetary formation
This Hubble Space Telescope mosaic shows a portion of the immense Coma galaxy cluster. This Hubble Space Telescope mosaic shows a portion of the immense Coma galaxy cluster — containing more than 1,000 galaxies — located 300 million light-years away. The
8.22.24

Meet our new Physics faculty

8.17.24

Is Mercury retrograde messing with you? Think again.
8.15.24

Shooting for the Moon
8.7.24

Ancient grains of dust from space can be found on Earth − and provide clues about the life cycle of stars
8.6.24

Chang'e 6 brought rocks from the far side of the Moon back to Earth − a planetary scientist explains what this sample could hold
7.29.24

Best minds in space exploration converge on St. Louis as Washington University helps fuel Artemis 3 moon mission
7.25.24

McDonnell Center Postdoc Andrea Gokus has won a Fermi grant
The students of Physics 191 celebrate the Water Rocket Competition
7.19.24

Blasting Off to the Future of Physics Education at WashU

7.15.24

Exploring unseen forces shaping the universe
A graphical representation of a Bose-Einstein condensate
7.11.24

New Routes to Josephson Effects in Bose-Einstein Condensates

7.9.24

XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes

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