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Recent News

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Marc Pinsonneault and Barbara Ryden awarded 2026 American Astronomical Society Chambliss Award

Department of Astronomy faculty members Marc Pinsonneault and Barbara Ryden have been awarded the 2026 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award by the American Astronomical Society. The award is for the…

Prof. Chris Kochanek (photo by Kevin Grady, Radcliffe Institute)

Christopher Kochanek elected 2026 American Astronomical Society Fellow

Department of Astronomy faculty member Christopher Kochanek (Professor) has been named as a 2026 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society. Prof. Kochanek has been acknowledged for…

Anusha Pai Asnodkar

Former OSU Graduate Student Awarded APS Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award

By Jonathan Crass

Anusha Pai Asnodkar, a former OSU astronomy graduate student, has been awarded the 2026 Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award in Astrophysics from the American Physical Society. The…

Congratulations, Autumn 2025 Graduates!

By Wayne Schlingman

The Department of Astronomy is proud to present the graduating undergraduate class for Autumn 2025!This is our largest Autumn class ever, with 9 Astro majors, 2 Astro minors graduating on Sunday,…