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Our mission is to advance the fundamental understanding of the universe by nurturing cutting-edge research in physics and related disciplines. aspenphys.org
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We’re #Hiring!
Aspen Center for Physics is looking for a Development Officer & Donor Liaison to support a major capital campaign + donor engagement at a world-renowned science nonprofit. Based in Aspen, CO.
💵 $70–95K
🔗 aspenphys.org/home/staff/
#Fundraising #Science #Aspen #DonorEngagement #Jobs
July 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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On June 25, renowned physicist Gordon Baym delivered “A Century of Quantum Mechanics: From Blacksmiths to Smartphones” to a standing-room-only crowd in Flug Hall at the Aspen Center for Physics - the first public talk this summer for our Heinz Pagels Memorial Public Lecture Series
June 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Now accepting applications for our Summer Internship program for local Roaring Fork Valley high school students. Spread the word! Read more and apply at aspenphys.org/home/summer-...
Two high school students stand in the physics library at ACP with physicist Ganpathy Murthy.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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🚀 Explore the Glow of Distant Worlds! Join us for a public lecture with Zach Berta-Thompson (CU Boulder) on 4/2, 5:30 PM. Learn how #JWST is revealing the atmospheres & climates of exoplanets—and how we might find signs of life beyond Earth. RSVP @ aspenphys.org/event/the-gl...
March 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🚀 Step into the Quantum Age with MIT’s Vladan Vuletić! Learn how laser-cooled atoms & light beam arrays are revolutionizing quantum computing. 📅 Wed, Mar 26 | ⏰ 5:00 PM📍Flug Forum, Aspen Center for Physics. Free & open to all! RSVP @ aspenphys.org/event/the-qu...
March 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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#throwbackthursday to Murray Gell-Mann working in the triple office he shared with Daniel Z. Freedman and Sidney Coleman. #physics #aspen
March 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Check out our latest "On Physics" article in collab with
Aspen Daily News, "Searching the skies for clues to our origins" by Joan Najita from NOIRLab! #astronomy #astrophysics www.aspendailynews.com/opinion/on-p...
March 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Join Georgia Karagiorgi from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social for a public lecture on how scientists detect some of the universe’s most elusive particles: "How to Catch a Ghost: Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and More" 📅 Wed, Mar 5 | Tea & cookies at 5pm, lecture at 5:30pm sharp #Neutrinos #DarkMatter
March 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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🔬✨ Join us for Meigan Aronson's public lecture on Quantum Phase Transitions—the hidden patterns in space & time at absolute zero! 🌌❄️ Wed, Feb 26 - tea & cookies at 5, talk at 5:30 sharp. RSVP here: aspenphys.org/event/quantum-phase-transitions-hidden-patterns-in-space-and-time/
#QuantumMaterials
February 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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We are at capacity for reservations for tomorrow night's public lecture "Artificial Intelligence and the Age of Emergence" with Dr. Roger Melko. We will be recording the lecture, and we recommend you catch it on our YouTube on Friday:
www.youtube.com/c/AspenPhysics
#AI #Quantum #Emergence #Physics
February 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Tonight! Join us for "Unraveling the Cosmic Melody of Black Holes" with Jillian Bellovary. Come early at 5pm for tea & cookies. Lecture starts promptly at 5:30pm. aspenphys.org/event/unrave...
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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One more day to apply for our summer session! Make sure to read the instructions on how to apply on the new website :) We hope to see you this summer!
aspenphys.org/summer-works... #theoreticalphysics #aspen #physics #physicsworkshops #applynow
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Come to "Astronomy on Tap" this Monday, Feb 3 at Mi Chola from 7:30-9:30pm. Hosted by Dr. Gautham Narayan. Featuring astro-themed bingo, pub trivia, prizes, and a special talk, “Cosmic Feedback: When Black Holes Talk Back” by Vivian U @justtheletteru.bsky.social #astronomyontap #astroontap #physics
January 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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🚀 Mark your calendars! This winter, dive into the wonders of physics with our FREE Nick & Maggie DeWolf Foundation Winter lecture series! 🌌 Select Weds, January–April. Topics include black holes, quantum physics, AI, and more. Open to all! aspenphys.org/community-ev...
This is the promotional image for the Nick and Maggie DeWolf Foundation Free Physics Talks. It has 8 circles with images from each of the upcoming lectures, including a scale, a person searching for neutrinos, balls representing quantum space-time, a clock and lasers for "the quantum age", an illustration of two sets of black holes orbiting each other causing gravitational waves, a graphic representation of a neural network, an infared image of Jupiter, and an image of a robot with a brain with a neural network emerging from the top of it. These are all the promotional images for the public lectures for the season.
January 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Calling all theoretical physicists! 📢 The 2025 Aspen Summer Program is now accepting applications. Join us in Aspen, Colorado, for a summer of collaboration and discovery.
📅 Apply by January 31, 2025
🔗 Details: aspenphys.org/summer/
#theoreticalphysics #physics #aspen
A view of the outdoor classroom at the Aspen Center for Physics, where a group of theoretical physicists participates in a workshop. Three physicists stand in front of the rest of the workshop. There is a canopy of green leaves above the slate chalkboard.
January 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM