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February 4, 2026
Ask the expert: The physics of the Winter Olympics
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February 3, 2026
College of Natural Science alumnus invests $50M in MSU’s future of Engineering and Digital Innovation
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January 21, 2026
Study provides new insight into the origin of a rare proton-rich isotope
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January 7, 2026
The Milky Way’s black hole is hiding an explosive past, evidence suggests
Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space telescope shows that might not always have been the case.
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December 8, 2025
How to stop an asteroid
MSU planetary scientists help shape strategies for protecting Earth from future impacts.
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December 5, 2025
Astronomers watch stars explode in real time through new images
Astronomers have captured unprecedented, detailed images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption.
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November 4, 2025
Paul Guèye named American Physical Society Fellow
Guèye was elected for pioneering experiments, developing tools critical to unravelling the structure of nuclei, and for extraordinary service to the physics community.
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October 28, 2025
How neutrinos may hold the keys to why we exist
A Michigan State University researcher co-led a joint analysis between two major neutrino experiments.
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October 21, 2025
The sound of a legacy
A former psychoacoustics professor is giving back to MSU.
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October 9, 2025
MSU physicists awarded Moore Foundation grants to advance quantum science, fundamental physics
MSU physicists work every day to advance quantum computing and help unravel the mysteries of the universe.
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September 16, 2025
‘Wiggling’ atoms may lead to smaller, more efficient electronics
Wiggling atoms in new quantum materials could lead to more efficient electronics that are smaller and faster.
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September 16, 2025
What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systems
The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved.
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July 11, 2025
First scientific paper on 3I/ATLAS interstellar object
Astronomers at Michigan State University turned their telescopes to capture data on the new celestial sighting.
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June 10, 2025
FRIB researchers use SuN to shine light on exotic nuclear shapes
A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels differ only slightly.
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June 9, 2025
Where did cosmic rays come from? MSU astrophysicists are closer to finding out
Shuo Zhang and her group led two studies that shed new light on where cosmic rays might have come from.
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