Nick Oakes

In July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon. Now, NAS…

The Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter missions study the Sun from different points of view. Together, they…

One of the more beautiful effects of the Sun's presence are the auroras which light up the sky in the Norther…

Combining with one other previously confirmed planet, we now know one of our closest stellar neighbors has a …

Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of Saturn's largest moon could keep it swathed in an atmos…

New models reveal Pluto and Charon may have spent some of their early history locked together in an embrace a…

The space telescope spotted both carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of this distant moon.

Discover how quantum shells might change the game for high-resolution and ultrafast scintillator imaging with…

Elam’s contributions to thin film coating science and technology have advanced the field as it develops into …

As governments invest in renewable energy sources to help speed towards the goal of decarbonization, hydropow…

On July the 11th, 2024, students from the Introduction to Physics course held a capstone event fit to bring t…

Superconductors and superfluids are a big topic in modern physics, and especially in the fields of quantum an…

Science tells us that going back in time is a no-go. New quantum research at WashU could challenge that long-…

New nickel-rich cathodes could allow batteries to store more energy by improving upon current tech found in m…

Professor of Physics Alexander Seidel was recently recognized with one of the 2024 Outstanding Staff and Facu…

Doctoral student Takuya Okawa of the WashU Department of Physics has been selected for a research fellowship …

Yashika Kapoor, a doctoral student at WashU, has been selected to participate in the 73rd annual Lindau Nobel…

Liam Brodie, a graduate student at WashU, has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy's Offi…

Renewable energy could partially replace diesel fuel to power instruments and provide heat at the South Pole

NASA is using a simple but effective technology called Laser Retroreflective Arrays (LRAs) to determine the l…

In February 2024, Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission will launch to the Moon's South Polar region, as part of N…

The atmosphere of WASP-69b is escaping into space, creating a cometlike tail that stretches at least 350,000 …

A blisteringly hot exoplanet looks to be a super-Earth and a prime candidate for further study by the James W…

Comets are named based on the time they are found, the types of orbits they follow, their discoverers, or eve…