News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Patrick Brady, director of the Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, was given the American Physical Society’s 2026 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science, announced Wednesday.
Ben Lorenz studies ripples in space called gravitational waves. The research could help shed light on the origins of the universe.
UWM Professor David Kaplan and graduate student Akash Anumarlapudi are part of an international team that made a startling discovery about a new type of cosmic phenomenon.
Once a month, grad students give a presentation at Anodyne Coffee to anyone interested in space, on topics ranging from comets to constellations, black holes to gravitational waves.
On Monday, the UWM planetarium will host a viewing party. And all this semester, it will host third-graders to learn about space and the solar system.
Jodi Cooley is executive director of the huge underground research facility in Canada where scientists from around the world are working on experiments to help better understand the building blocks of the universe.
Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role.
Astronomy is one of the most popular sciences, in part, because looking at the night sky is universal, something we all share, Jean Creighton says. But people may also feel a connection for another reason.
Michelle Thaller will speak at UWM about how discoveries made by largely overlooked women led to our current understanding of dead stars, dark matter and the end of everything.
Eight UWM students won awards recognizing their excellence in research into health, space and other important issues.
