Physics Student Studies Dark Matter

Physics junior Niyousha Davachi has already accomplished a lot during her undergraduate career. She’s given presentations on exomoons and lagrangians and has won a slew of awards for her work.

Now Niyousha has been been given a new task in her mission to understand the universe. She’ll be working at Texas A&M this summer to research dark matter, which is a relatively mysterious concept in cosmology or the study of the evolution of the universe.

Scientists, including Niyousha, still don’t know much about dark matter, but research to understand it is ongoing. Continue reading

Physics Junior Explores Super Earth’s Moons

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