People of all ages, skill levels, and professional backgrounds are invited to join us to address real-world problems during the NASA Space Apps Challenge Rohnert Park.

Cosmic Coda is a 2025 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Mary Jane Doherty. The film spans 39 years, connecting footage shot in 1985 at MIT with a follow-up three decades later. It tracks Nobel laureate Dr. Rainer “Rai” Weiss and a team of astrophysicists building the gravitational-wave antennas that eventually led to the […]

Two chapters in the upcoming publication Inclusive Informal STEM Education for Neurodivergent Audiences feature the work of NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3). The chapters explore how we can make STEM learning more accessible, engaging, and meaningful for neurodivergent learners from complementary perspectives: by inviting neurodivergent youth to help shape space science learning experiences and by giving […]

EdEon graphic artist and scientific illustrator, Aurore Simonnet, has once again had her out-of-this-world art featured as the cover of a prominent magazine. This time it is Astronomy magazine’s August 2026 issue, featuring an article on gravitational waves.  The inspiration for the cover story came from the recent publication of a paper by the LIGO […]

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory — a $500 million gamma-ray telescope launched in 2004 — is in trouble. Solar activity stronger than expected has heated Earth’s upper atmosphere, which is leading to increased drag on the satellite and orbital decay. Without intervention, Swift will reenter and burn up within a few months. The scientific community […]

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NASA’s Swift and Fermi high-energy astrophysics research missions continue to help us discover the most energetic happenings in our Universe.

On Friday May 5th, 2025, Prof. Cominsky spoke about her career at Sonoma State University as the final presenter of the What Physicists Do lecture series. 

The Department of Physics & Astronomy and EdEon STEM Learning at Sonoma State University are proud to unveil the latest edition of The Physics Major newsletter — a celebration of student achievement, groundbreaking research, and the enduring spirit of scientific curiosity. GROWTH-Fueled Success This issue begins with a spotlight on the Department of Energy–funded GROWTH […]

The volunteer meeting will take place on Monday, December 18th at 5pm. We are also launching our office hours beginning that day, so we will be available 30 minutes before the start of the meeting to answer questions and chat about the project. This meeting in particular will feature a presentation given by EM2024 Science […]