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7 news releases are tagged with the topic astronomy

Beyond the solar system
Monday, August 11, 2014
News Topics: astronomy, innovation, physics, research, science
A UT Arlington physics team say they've made a breakthrough in the difficult task of finding moons outside our solar system.

Academy member appointed
Monday, May 5, 2014
News Topics: astronomy, engineering, faculty, innovation, physics, research
National Academy of Sciences member David Nygren will join UT Arlington's Physics Department this fall. He is widely known for inventing the “Time Projection Chamber” and current work investigating neutrinos.

Searching the universe
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
News Topics: astronomy, biology, physics, research, science
A team of UT Arlington physicists says scientists searching for habitable planets shouldn't overlook F-type stars.

Measuring space weather
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
News Topics: astronomy, innovation, physics, science
Yue Deng's work will help predict what effect space weather has on power distribution systems and near-earth satellites.

Kepler's supernova came from young, metal-rich star
Monday, April 8, 2013
News Topics: astronomy, physics, research, science
The research was published by The Astrophysical Journal Letters and co-authored by a UT Arlington assistant professor.

New observations help astrophysicist understand Sun's dynamics
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
News Topics: astronomy, faculty, physics, research, science
UT Arlington physics professor Zdzislaw E. Musielak has been awarded a three-year, $301,339 National Science Foundation grant to investigate Alfvén waves in the Sun, a phenomenon vital to understanding Earth’s nearest star.
Researchers try new approach for simulating supernovas
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
News Topics: astronomy, faculty, physics, research, science
Two University of Texas at Arlington researchers want to bridge the gap between what is known about exploding stars and the remnants left behind thousands of years later. So they’re trying something new – using SNSPH, a complex computer code developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.