Physics & Astronomy

A physicist and a cartoonist join forces with an accessible guide to thinking about life in the cosmos

Study serves up the closest-ever view of a planet-forming disk around young star HD 34282.

Joint appointments between UC Irvine and LANL are opening new doors in quantum science. 

UC Irvine Physical Sciences graduate students are redefining their fields with powerful collaborations at Los Alamos National Lab.

The team found that the surface may have liquid water on its surface – a necessary ingredient for life.

Professors Jianming Bian and Henry “Hank” Sobel are part of the international collaboration.  

Lankford will deliver a lecture at Yale on high energy particle physics research.

How a spectral subatomic particle may help crack one of the biggest cold cases in physics.

On Oct. 11, 1995, UCI's Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland and Fred Reines were honored for their work in chemistry and physics, respectively. Their work remains relevant.

Galaxy, exoplanet and dark matter studies by UC Irvine physics and astronomy researchers are facing potential cuts.

Lee’s research could transform cancer treatment and medical technologies.

How two professors defined their fields, changed the world, and won UC Irvine’s first two Nobel Prizes in the same year.