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Aug 18
HLD faculty will be interviewed by CNN
OU Professor and VIDA Fellow Ferah Munshi will be interviewed live on "CNN's Eclipse of the Century" alongside former astronaut Mark Kelly on Monday August 2...
Aug 02
Solar Eclipse Viewing on the South Oval
Lunar Sooners will be hosting a solar eclipse viewing for the August 21st eclipse on the South Oval of campus from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Two...
Aug 01
HLD members to be Interviewed on Discover Oklahoma
Professor Nate Kaib and graduate student Matt Clement will be interviewed on the weekly television show Discover Oklahoma. They will be answering questsions on "Great...
Jul 28
Doerte Blume and Kuver Sinha join faculty
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to welcome Kuver Sinha and Doerte Blume as new faculty members. Kuver is the new assistant professor...
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Faculty Research Seminar
Sep 27, 2017 6:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 303 - Profs. Baer, Kao, & SinhaCMP Journal Club
Sep 28, 2017 1:30 pm
Nielsen Hall 103 - Tim BurtColloquium
Sep 28, 2017 4:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 170 - Alberto MarinoQuantum Optics as an Enabler for Quantum Technologies
Astronomy Journal Club
Sep 29, 2017 12:30 pm
Nielsen Hall 302 - Saloni BhatianiFaculty Research Seminar
Oct 04, 2017 6:00 pm
Nielsen Hall 303 - Profs. Bumm & SellersMore Events...
Featured Research: Astrophysicists identify composition of earth-size planets
A University of Oklahoma post-doctoral astrophysics researcher, Billy Quarles, has identified the possible compositions of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Using thousands of numerical simulations to identify the planets stable for millions of years, Quarles concluded that six of the seven planets are consistent with an Earth-like composition. The exception is TRAPPIST-1f, which has a mass of 25 percent water, suggesting that TRAPPIST-1e may be the best candidate for future habitability studies.
"The goal of exoplanetary astronomy is to find planets that…
