Kyle Dawson will give a talk titled "Probing Cosmological Expansion with Distant Supernovae" on Wednesday, February, 10. The colloquium will begin at 4:00 PM in C215 ESC. [Read More]
Why does a volcanic eruption sometimes create lightning? Pictured above, the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting early last month. Magma bubbles so hot they glow shoot away as liquid rock bursts through the Earth's surface from below. The above image is particularly notable, however, for the lightning bolts caught near the volcano's summit. [Read More]