Things are looking up for physics junior Niyousha Davachi. She’s exploring another star system, theorizing with lagrangians (pronounced la-grahn-jians) and winning awards at conferences across Texas and the country.

If there’s potential life on another planet, Niyousha may someday take part in finding out.

“Something that really interests me is the universe itself and how it was created,” she said. “That goes into cosmology so okay, what exactly happened at the beginning of time when the definition of time started?” Continue reading