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The William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy is part of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, core institution of Johns Hopkins University
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Next up in the talks from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium: Nima Arkani-Hamed offers Two Cheers for Shut Up and Calculate. (He previously was giving three cheers, but he's changed his mind just a bit.) Comments from me, of all people.

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October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us for the department's Resnick Lecture today at 3:30PM in Schafler Auditorium featuring Don Lincoln from @Fermilab
presenting "Talking about science: Engaging the media, the government, students, and your mom"
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today's department-wide colloquium is at 4pm and will feature Ashvin Vishwanath from Harvard present "The Return of Anyons: From twisted layers to quantum platforms." Please join us in Schafler Auditorium!
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Join our department-wide colloquium today at 3:30 in Schfler Auditorium - Matthew Evans from MIT will present "Gravitational Waves: Sources and Next-Gen Observatories"
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today the honorary pewter crab mallet was passed from the department's outgoing Chair, Bob Leheny, to the incoming Chair, Tyrel McQueen. Thank you Bob and good luck Tyrel! Special thanks to Kelley Key for organizing the "Welcome Back" Crab Feast for the department
August 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tonight! 7pm at Guilford Hall Brewing - 3 FREE astronomy talks for Astronomy On Tap!
July 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Please read Adam Reiss' new important new article, "My Recent Experience Advocating for Science" on @aas.org

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July 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The department gets their first look at the largest and fastest astronomical camera every built from the Rubin Observatory! #RubinFirstLook #capturethecosmos @vrubinobs.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Rubin Observatory watch party is underway! @vrubinobs.bsky.social

#RubinFirstLook #capturethecosmos
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Graduate student Xiaolong Li preps the department with a seminar on the background of the Rubin Observatory!
@vrubinobs.bsky.social

#RubinFirstLook #capturethecosmos
June 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Today's the day — it's officially T-0!

GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪

⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The new 90 GHz telescope receiver has arrived at the CLASS site! 📡✨ The team pictured will now assemble and test the receiver before putting it on the telescope! #NSFfunded
June 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Fun piece from @rossandersen.bsky.social about the "Hubble tension"--the problem that different methods for measuring the expansion of the universe give apparently incompatible results, which is leading some researchers to believe that something is drastically wrong with standard cosmological ideas.
The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong
Cosmologists are fighting over everything.
www.theatlantic.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Reiss is the focus of the new article by Ross Andersen published in @theatlantic.com "The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong"
The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong
Cosmologists are fighting over everything.
www.theatlantic.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Congratulations to astrophysicist Rosemary F.G. Wyse on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences. @jhuphysicsastro.bsky.social hub.jhu.edu/2025/05/01/r...
Johns Hopkins astrophysicist Rosemary F.G. Wyse elected to National Academy of Sciences
Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive
hub.jhu.edu
May 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
JHU Physics Fair Returns! THIS SATURDAY - 4/26 - 11am - 5pm, Throughout Bloomberg Center - “Professor Extraordinaire," Ibou Bah, will present “The Waviness of Things” at 12:30pm and 4:30pm that is sure to be a highlight! Full schedule and details:
physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/events/annua...
April 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Mindscape 310 | Marc Kamionkowski on Dark Energy and Cosmic Anomalies. Is evidence accumulating that we need to change the standard ΛCDM cosmological model? #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
March 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It was an honor to host Eric Cornell as 2025 Brickwedde Lecturer in Physics last week! Recordings of his two talks are now available for department members to watch: livejohnshopkins.sharepoint.com/sites/Physic...
April 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Mark your calendars for the return of the department's PHYSICS FAIR - April 26, 2025, 11 - 5 at Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy on the Homewood campus!
physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/events/annua...
Annual Physics Fair | Physics & Astronomy
After a hiatus of several years, the William H. Miller III Department of Physics & Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University is excited to announce the revival of the Physics Fair! Join us on Saturday, Ap...
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March 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Welcome David DeMille, who joins @JohnsHopkins as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atomic/Molecular Physics and Precision Measurement. A pioneering physicist, DeMille is joining the Hub for Imaging and Quantum Technologies cluster. (1/4)

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March 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Music for the Stars concert is THIS THURSDAY, 2/27, at 7:30PM in Bloomberg Center for Physics & Astronomy! FREE!!
February 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Johns Hopkins study led by Marco Chiaberge hints at a likely way to counter cartilage damage in long space journeys - Jumping! hub.jhu.edu/2025/02/13/a... #spacetravel
Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests
Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests
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February 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload—the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments—to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there. 🔭 🧪
NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft - NASA
Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the
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January 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎉The department’s chapter of the Society of Physics Students has been named an Outstanding Chapter for 2024 by @aip.bsky.social! Criteria for Outstanding SPS Chapter recognition includes participation in SPS meetings, outreach efforts, and student recruitment 🎉
December 20, 2024 at 10:03 PM