Lunar Eclipse Viewing Party this Sunday

Lunar Eclipse Viewing Party this Sunday from  7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Come join the MSUM Planetarium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club and the Society of Physics Students on campus Sunday, September 27 to view the SUPER BLOOD MOON ECLIPSE! FREE planetarium shows, professional grade telescopes, activities and fun for everyone!

International Observe the Moon Night

You are invited to MB Johnson Park for International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, September 19, from 8-10:30 p.m. Moorhead Parks and Recreation is teaming up with the Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club, the NASA-JPL Solar System Ambassadors of North Dakota, and the MSUM Department of Physics and Astronomy, to provide an evening of stargazing. Telescopes for observing the moon and […]

Physics/Astronomy Seminar Series

Summer Experience: Internship, Research and Conferences Friday, September 4 | 3:30 p.m. | HA 325 Aschalew Chamiso — AFM analysis of Biological Samples: an ongoing research project Jared Saunders and Isaac Skalsky — Educational adventures attending the American Association of Physics Teachers conference Tyler Meehleib — Work as a STEM education intern Dillon Hylton — An update on TRON (an […]

Matt Craig presented at the SciPy 2015 conference

Department of Physics and Astronomy professor Matt Craig gave a talk titled “Widgets and Astropy: Accomplishing Productive Research with Undergraduates” and organized the Astropy code sprint at the 14th Annual SciPy conference. SciPy is devoted to applications of the computer language python to a wide area of physical, social and data sciences.