FFA Summer 2024 Line-Up NEW LOCATION! Lectures start 7:30p MT in the Liberal Arts Building (LART), room 106 (https://maps.boisestate.edu/?id=715#!m/89064) Events are open to the public and donation-supported ..read more

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This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over Madras, Oregon, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani. From https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/what-to-expect/. A total solar eclipse will cross the US mid-morning on Mon, Apr 8. This eclipse appears to be the last total solar eclipse that will cross the US until 2045. So when will the eclipse be visible from Idaho, what will it look like, and how best to observe it? What is a total solar eclipse? Geometry of a solar eclipse. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse. A ..read more

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Artist’s conception of a hot Jupiter shedding mass. Though worlds in our Solar System have been rocked by geological upheavals, mountain-shattering impacts, and climatic disasters throughout their histories, we think they have remained essentially intact. The planets we see today have been here since they first coalesced 4.5 billion years ago. But that long-lived stability may be the exception and not the rule. Indeed, astronomers now know many planets face destruction through what’s called tidal disruption, and recent searches have revealed direct evidence of the final moments for these doome ..read more

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Join Boise State Physics for our First Friday Astronomy lecture series in Spring 2024. Lectures take place on the first Friday of the month (EXCEPT in April of this year when it will take place on the second Friday) at 7:30p MT on-campus and via live-stream at boi.st/astrobroncoslive. Visit https://www.boisestate.edu/physics/seminars-and-events/ for more information ..read more