‘astronomy’

Stephen Taylor appointed to NASA’s Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission

Sep. 16, 2024—Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity may soon be disproven by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), and Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Stephen Taylor will be part of a selective team of scientists leading the effort. Taylor is one of only six scientists nationwide appointed to the LISA team, a joint mission between...

Stephen Taylor named featured plenary lecturer for global astronomy conference

Nov. 9, 2023—Stephen Taylor, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has been selected to give the opening lecture at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) semiannual meeting. The meeting, the largest regularly occurring astronomy conference in the world, will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7-11, 2024. The Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture is devoted to a...