A team of scientists led by two UC Davis physicists has detected and confirmed the faintest early-universe galaxy yet. This new object, seen as it was about 13 billion years ago, could help astronomers understand the “reionization epoch†when the first stars became visible.
May 18, 2016 — A $300,000 gift from two UC Davis faculty members will enhance environmental research in the Department of Physics.
Stepping inside the Crocker Nuclear Laboratory control room is like transporting onto the set of a 1960s sci-fi flick. Bakelite knobs and flashing switches parade across sofa-sized control banks.
Scholars in Classics, Cosmology, Music and English Join the Nation’s Oldest Learned Society
The Department of Physics invites you to a public lecture: "The Discovery of Gravity Waves:The Breakthrough by LIGO" on May 3, 2016. Speaker: Joseph Giaime
