Professor Newby’s Educational Quanta – Pieces of information about physics topics and the field of physics.

A Summary of the Artemis II Mission

A quick interview that I did with Temple Now on the Artemis II mission and its potential implications. https://now.temple.edu/news/2026-04-07/artemis-ii-first-crewed-lunar-mission-50-years-temple-expert-explains-why-it-matters

An Astrophysicist’s Guide to the April 8 Solar Eclipse

Check out my guide to the April 8, 2024 eclipse, including general information that is good to know even when…

April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse at Temple!

See the event announcement here: https://events.temple.edu/solar-eclipse-beury-beach-party

Mercury in Transit Poster #2: Mercury vs. the Moon

This is the second poster I created for Temple University’s Mercury in Transit event. This one contrasts Mercury and Earth’s…

Mercury in Transit Poster #1: Exoplanets in Transit

This is the first poster that I created for the Nov 11, 2019 Transit of Mercury. Since Mercury’s transit is…

Current Studies on Dark Matter

Part II of a two-lecture series on dark matter. This talk looks at the state-of-the-art in studying dark matter, namely,…

Intro to Dark Matter

Part I of a two-lecture series on dark matter. This was a talk I gave to a group of high…

Watching Water Boil (in Infrared Light!)

I had an infrared scanner, and need to boil water for pasta. I combined the two, and put the results…

“Seeing a Black Hole”

This is an informal, informational talk I gave to the physics department in order to provide some background on the…

Analyzing a Circuit

A hand-written guide for solving intro physics circuit problems. Made for PHYS 2022 (Physics II). Click here to view.