Physics and Astronomy Department

When she was a child, Anne Brown’s family members treated themselves to ice cream every year on the date they landed in New York City in 1939 to escape the Nazi terror in their native Germany.

Decades later, Brown and her own family still gather for ice cream every…

A group of physics majors at Western recently formed a club oriented toward a longtime minority in their field: women.
The Women in Physics Club has objectives to combat stereotypes that have prevented women from entering heavily math-based fields such as physics, astronomy, engineering…

People who want to see the depths of the universe can get a glimpse at Western Washington University's recently upgraded planetarium.

The planetarium, on the third floor of Haggard Hall, has been outfitted with a new digital projection system that can project 3-D, high-resolution…

There is no denying this is an excellent way to promote a museum devoted to electrical inventions: Let patrons sit inside a 9-foot-tall metal cage and zap it with blue sparks carrying 4 million volts.

OK, so maybe the insurance company will have a few questions,…

George “Pinky” Nelson, a professor of physics and astronomy at Western Washington University, has been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.

The academy provides expert scientific and engineering analysis to inform public policymaking and works to increase the role of…