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CAS Corps member Emma Ingram is a sophomore applied physics major from Granite Falls. Photo submitted

CAS Corps Feature: Emma Ingram
Dec 10, 2024

CAS Corps member Emma Ingram is a sophomore applied physics major from Granite Falls....

Victoria Whidden is a second-year graduate student in the engineering physics program from Wendell. Photo submitted

SAFE Student Spotlight: Victoria Whidden ’24
Dec 6, 2024

Victoria Whidden ’24, a second-year graduate student in the engineering physics program from Wendell, received a Fall 2023 Student and Faculty Excel...

The Dark Sky Observatory near Purlear, N.C., where light pollution is minimal enough to view a wide range of celestial features at night. PAUL GABER/WFDD

In the News: Dark skies advocates seek celestial views away from human-made lights [faculty featured]
Nov 4, 2024

Dr. Daniel Caton, professor in App State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, speaks to WFDD about the negative effects of light pollution and the...

Dr. Adam McKay, assistant professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Adam McKay contributes to new study identifying heterogeneous outgassing regions on distant solar system object
Oct 8, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Adam McKay, assistant professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the co-autho...

The App State student recipients of 2024–25 North Carolina Space Grants, from left to right: junior Cooper Brown, senior Hailey Church and senior Cade Tischer. Photos submitted

3 App State students awarded NC Space Grants to conduct STEM research
Sep 23, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Three Appalachian State University students have received North Carolina Space Grants to conduct science, technology, engineering and ...

Carla Ramsdell, practitioner-in-residence in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and sustainability liaison for the College of Arts and Sciences, in the SPICE Lab. Photo submitted

Carla Ramsdell debuts Sustainable Physics-Inspired Culinary Education Lab
Sep 12, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — Carla Ramsdell, practitioner-in-residence in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and sustainability liaison for the...

Dr. Daniel Caton, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University

Dr. Daniel Caton discusses recent meteor sighting with WSOC-TV
Sep 3, 2024

NORTH CAROLINA — Did a meteor cross the sky in our area early Friday morning? The American Meteor Society received reports from as far west of Kentu...

Dr. Daniel Caton, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University

Dr. Daniel Caton discusses rare astronomical event on WFAE
Jul 30, 2024

Astronomers say we might be on the verge of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They predict a star about 3,000 lightyears from Earth in the constellati...

Dr. Rachel Smith, head of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Lab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Science and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University, on Mauna Kea. Photo submitted

Dr. Rachel Smith discusses space and time on North Carolina Public Radio
Jul 26, 2024

After talking with a NASA astronaut, we at Due South wanted to learn more about research that’s happening here on Earth....

Dr. Richard Gray, professor emeritus in Appalachian State University's Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Richard Gray's "Birds of Boyden" exhibit on display at Boyden Observatory
Jul 9, 2024

Associate Professor Richard Gray from Appalachian State University, who spent six months at the observatory, has captured the beauty of 82 bird specie...