Associate professor Charles Smart summits the Abelian sandpile.

Whether finding neutrinos, improving solar energy storage, or programming quantum computers, the Physical Sciences Division’s Eckhardt Scholars collaborate, create, and communicate.

Reatha Clark King, SM’60, PhD’63, was one of the less hidden figures in the space race.

Updates from the Physical Sciences Division.

A note from the dean of the Physical Sciences Division.

UChicago astronomers and astrophysicists brought family and friends to the path of totality to watch the solar eclipse on August 21.

From dark matter to gravitational waves to a balloon-borne telescope, scientists discuss how they handle setbacks.

Nancy Grace Roman, PhD’49, didn’t get tenure. She changed the course of astronomy instead.

Physics offers an example of how the division can support women in science.

The University marks the 75th anniversary of Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear reaction.

UChicago astronomers and astrophysicists prepare for a total eclipse of the sun.

Three mathematicians team up to advance Zimmer’s conjecture. Yes, that Zimmer.