Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at Pitt, uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spiral galaxies containing a stellar bar, a sometimes-striking visual feature that can play an important role in the evolution of a galaxy.

From industrial safety and Mach-speed propulsions to the birth of diamonds and the death of stars, Texas A&M’s colossal detonation facility turns raw explosions into breakthrough discoveries.

SAN ANTONIO — January 8. 2026 — Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Alan Stern, a planetary scientist and associate vice president in SwRI’s Space Sector, has been named a Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Fellows are recognized for their original research and publications, innovative contributions to astronomical techniques or instrumentation, significant contributions to education and public outreach, and other noteworthy service to astronomy.

The seventh ISEE Award was presented posthumously to Professor Hiroyuki Yamada (Former Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the establishment of high-altitude penetration flight observation techniques for typhoon eyes, as well as to the pioneering of typhoon research based on these techniques.

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth’s nearest star produces its most violent eruptions.

In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scientists at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have pinpointed a previously unknown class of high-energy particles in the Sun’s upper atmosphere responsible for generating the long-puzzling radiation signals observed during major solar flare events for decades.