Clemson University Physics & Astronomy

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A Partial Lunar Eclipse is occurring on August 27th. To highlight the event the Clemson Planetarium in Kinard Laboratory...
08/25/2026

A Partial Lunar Eclipse is occurring on August 27th. To highlight the event the Clemson Planetarium in Kinard Laboratory will give short shows on Lunar eclipses between 8pm and 10pm. Entry is free, open to the public, and seating is first come first serve at each show! More info in the comments!

Thank you to everyone for attending SIRPA this past week! The event was a huge success even though we had to change loca...
08/21/2026

Thank you to everyone for attending SIRPA this past week! The event was a huge success even though we had to change locations last minute! Special shoutout to GSO and our guest speaker Dr. Justin Burton!

Congratulations to Garima Rajguru for earning the 2026 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship! Garima is one of 3...
08/20/2026

Congratulations to Garima Rajguru for earning the 2026 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship! Garima is one of 30 women worldwide selected for the fellowship and this will be used to support her research on blazars! Read more using the link in the comments!

We were happy to host ClemsonLIFE at Kinard Lab for a liquid nitrogen ice cream social! Special shoutout to Dr. Thompson...
08/20/2026

We were happy to host ClemsonLIFE at Kinard Lab for a liquid nitrogen ice cream social! Special shoutout to Dr. Thompson, Dr. Pope and our volunteers for making this event happen!

A paper by one of our postdocs, Sunil Kumar, was selected as an Editor’s Highlight in Geophysical Research Letters. It d...
08/04/2026

A paper by one of our postdocs, Sunil Kumar, was selected as an Editor’s Highlight in Geophysical Research Letters. It discusses how rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere impact the space weather of Earth’s upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Only 2% of all AGU articles are highlighted! Congratulations Sunil!!

Mark your calendars! Two active meteor showers, the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids, reach their joi...
07/27/2026

Mark your calendars! Two active meteor showers, the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids, reach their joint peak on the evening of July 30th. Beat time to view them are between midnight and dawn of the 31st!

The pendulum and the space around it have officially been cleaned up!! The space looks beautiful and brand new so come c...
07/22/2026

The pendulum and the space around it have officially been cleaned up!! The space looks beautiful and brand new so come check it out when you get a chance!

Shoutout to our Clemson folks who contributed to make this past NASA RockSat launch successful!
07/14/2026

Shoutout to our Clemson folks who contributed to make this past NASA RockSat launch successful!

Shoutout to Dr. Lu, Mukta, and Deepali! At the NSF Cedar meeting in Des Moines, Dr. Lu won the science highlight award, ...
06/26/2026

Shoutout to Dr. Lu, Mukta, and Deepali! At the NSF Cedar meeting in Des Moines, Dr. Lu won the science highlight award, Mukta won 1st place in the poster competition and Deepali was awarded an honorable mention!

Shoutout to Dr. Xian Lu for being chosen as the co-investigator for the NASA Mission to study Space Weather's impacts on...
06/19/2026

Shoutout to Dr. Xian Lu for being chosen as the co-investigator for the NASA Mission to study Space Weather's impacts on Earth’s atmosphere. Read more about the mission in the comments!

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