[2025/01] Dr. Fausnaugh received an NASA grant for the project “Monitoring of Gamma-Ray Bursts by Fermi and TESS” for three years. The total funding of the award is $370K. Congratulations, Dr. Fausnaugh!

[2024/12] Congratulations to our December 2024 graduates! We are so proud of your accomplishments and are excited to see what you do next! Learn More [Video], [Commencement Program]

[2024/12] Please join us in congratulating our academic advisor Dr. Melanie Ungar for being named this month's Advisor of Excellence by Texas Tech's Office of Advising Excellence! | Learn More |

[2024/12] Please join us in congratulating doctoral student Umer Farooq for winning second place in the Graduate Cross-Disciplinary Paper Award at Texas Tech's 2024 United in Research Conference. Congrats, Umer!

[2024/11] For the 2^nd consecutive year, our department ranked 201-300^th (56^th-76^th range nationally) in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024 | Learn More |

[2024/11] Jessica Lawrence (Graduate Part-Time Instructor) received the Apple Polishing Award from the TTU Mortar Board Forum Chapter. This award recognizes faculty and staff who have made a significant impact on students’ academic journeys. Congrats, Jessica!

[2024/10] Please join us in congratulating three of our doctoral students on their recent publications! Muhammad Adnan, Sandeep Puri, and Victor Bradley were first author on the paper published in Indian Journal of Physics, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, and PRX Quantum respectively. Also, doctoral student Bilal Siddique won the outstanding graduate student oral presentation award at the TSAPS meeting. Congrats, Bilal!

[2024/10] Dr. Duncan and Dr. Lin were each awarded special plaques given to inventors named in U.S. patents at the 7^th Annual Inventor Celebration hosted by the Office of Research Commercialization. Congratulations to Drs. Duncan and Lin, and their collaborator Dr. Sobel. | Learn More |

[2024/09] The CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass. Texas Tech faculty member Dr. Yongbin Feng is one of the team members who carried out these challenging and delicate measurements! Congratulations to Dr. Feng for his contributions to this outstanding scientific achievement! | Learn More | 

[2024/09] On 9/10, Dr. Arfin Lodhi celebrated 60 YEARS OF SERVICE at Texas Tech with a colloquium talk and cake! Congratulations on this amazing milestone, Dr. Lodhi! | Learn More |

[2024/09] Dr. Chatzakis received a Department of Defense grant for the project “Two-dimensional topological materials for tunable quantum states and topological antiferromagnetic systems for applications in quantum technology". Congrats Yannis!

[2024/08] Welcome to new faculty members Drs. Elias Aydi (ASTRO), Yongbin Feng (HEP), Emilia Järvelä (ASTRO), Christopher Madrid (HEP), Nihan Pol (ASTRO), and Hira Farooq (Lecturer)!

[2024/08] Doctoral student John Morales has been selected as a NASA SciAct Affiliate for the National Diversity in STEM (SACNAS) Conference at Arizona State University. Congratulations John!

[2024/08] Please join us in congratulating Drs. Gillespie & Lin for receiving a 2025 Research Assistance Program Award from TTU Office of Research & Innovation for their project "Exploring a Novel Fission-Fusion Nuclear Energy Cycle via Triton Induced Reaction"

[2024/08] We are so excited to start teaching our introductory physics and astronomy labs in the new Academic Sciences Building this fall! | Learn More | Video | 

[2024/08] Congratulations to all our Summer 2024 graduates! We are so proud of you! Learn More [Video], [Commencement Program]

[2024/07] Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim was selected to receive a grant from the Helen Jones Foundation in support of "Bridging the Gap: Applied Science in K-12 Astronomy Education and Exhibition".

[2024/06] The U.S. News & World Report released the 2024-2025 Best Global Universities rankings, which focus on academic research and reputation. Our programs have ranked 322 (70th in the U.S.) in physics and 172 (48th in the U.S.) in Space Science (Astronomy/Astrophysics), respectively. Congratulations, everyone! | Learn More |

[2024/06] In a recent article, Texas Tech Now highlighted the statistical research conducted by Niramay Gogate, one of our doctoral students in High Energy Physics. The research by Niramay and his interdisciplinary team was published in Nature Scientific Reports. Congratulations, Niramay! | Learn More |

[2024/06] The construction of the Academic Sciences Building is in its final stage! Most of Physics & Astronomy's teaching labs as well as several research labs and offices will begin move-in on July 8. A ribbon-cutting for ASB is tentatively scheduled for August 9. Check out photos of ASB's construction on our Flickr page. | Learn More | Building Beyond | Construction Timelapse |

[2024/05] Texas Tech physicist Tom Maccarone explains intricacies and impacts of most powerful solar storm to reach Earth in decades. | Learn More |

[2024/05] Congratulations to all our May 2024 graduates! We are so proud of you! Learn More [Video1, 2], [Commencement Program]

[2024/05] Dr. Shelby Lacouture, Senior Research Scientist, has been honored with the prestigious R&D Innovation Award by the Life-Science and Biomedical Engineering Branch of the Aerospace Medical Association! | Learn More |