South Physics Observatory

The observatory hosts Wednesday night star parties & also provides K-12 and outreach with the AstronomUrs. They also provide star parties for private groups, state/national parks, and other non-school related events.

Email observatory@physics.utah.edu for inquiries & requests.

AstronomUrs

University students assist in weekly star parties.  Presentations are also available for K-12 and public groups.

Utah Physics Circle

This is an extracurricular group of faculty and students dedicated to learning more about physics through discussion, problem solving, and demonstration.

In the Physics Circle, we will use engaging and innovative techniques to build this intuition early by inviting high school students to work with us (and each other!) in discovering what physics is all about and to lay a strong foundation for further studies in physics and astronomy.

HiSPARC cosmic ray research

The High School Project on Astrophysics Research with Cosmics (HiSPARC) is a project in which high schools and academic institutions join forces and form a network to observe and measure ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with a ground-based scintillation detector.

HiSPARC offers students and teachers the opportunity to participate in real research, with the purpose of finding out more about these mysterious and rare cosmic particles.

ICECUBE Masterclass

The IceCube masterclasses will be held at twenty research institutions in the US, Europe and Asia. We invite our young students—our future scientists—to learn about particle astrophysics by doing real research.

IceCube is an amazing experiment. It is the largest detector ever built, is taking data in the harshest place on Earth, and has observed the highest energy neutrinos ever!