Physics of the Cosmos
Exploring fundamental questions regarding the physical forces of the universe

Program News and Announcements

19 March 2025

PhysCOS Special Interest Sessions at APS 2025

Dear Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) community members-

If you are attending the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit, today is the day for the “PhysCOS Mini-Symposium”: see details here and below! Please note also the following activities that may be of special interest to the PhysCOS community (all times Pacific):

8:30a – 10:18a

  • APR-N01 “Kavli Foundation Special Symposium – Exploring the Cosmos”

10:45a – 12:33p

  • [DGRTAV] APR-P07 “The Next 10+ Years of Gravitational Wave Observations”
  • [DAP] APR-P08 “Exploring the Expanding Universe with the Dark Energy Survey”
  • [DAP] APR-P21 “Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements and Analysis”
  • [DAP] APR-P22 “Multimessenger Mergers”

1:30p – 3:18p

  • [DGRAV] APR-R07 “Beyond the Standard Model with Gravitational Wave Observations”
  • [DAP] APR-R08 “Latest Results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument”
  • [DAP] APR-R20 “Next Generation Gravitational-Wave Observatories”
  • [DAP] APR-R21 “Dark Matter and Cosmology”
  • [DAP] APR-R22 “Supernovae, Magnetars, and Exotic Accreting Systems”

3:45p – 5:33p

  • [DAP] APR-S08 “Bethe Prize Session”
  • [DAP,DGRAV] APR-S19 “Mini-Symposium: Physics of the Cosmos”
  • [DAP] APR-S21 “Cosmology and the Hubble Tension”

For more information on PhysCOS throughout the meeting, check out our meeting webpage.

Please stop by our table outside the Platinum Ballroom inside the Marriott Hotel to chat with us and find out about current and planned PhysCOS activities.

Wishing you the best,

Dr Francesca Civano & Dr Brian Humensky
PhysCOS Chief Scientists, NASA GSFC
Dr Bernard Kelly
PhysCOS Support Scientist, NASA GSFC

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