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Upcoming Events

Circumbinary Planet - a planet orbiting two stars
January 31, 2025

Exoplanet Group Meeting - Steven Giacalone

Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom
Science Sundays Paul Martini
February 2, 2025
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February 6, 2025
The Antennae colliding galaxies
February 6, 2025

Astronomy Colloquium - Greg Bryan

Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

Recent News

Professor Adam Leroy

Adam Leroy awarded Henry Draper Medal

By Tatyana Woodall

Adam Leroy has been named the recipient of the 2025 Henry Draper Medal. The Henry Draper Medal celebrates those who have made “a recent, original investigation in astronomical physics, of…

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Laura Lopez and David Weinberg elected 2025 American Astronomical Society Fellows

Department of Astronomy faculty members Laura Lopez (Associate Professor) and David Weinberg (Distinguished University Professor) have been named as 2025 Fellows of the American Astronomical…

Sebastian Lopez

Sebastian Lopez wins 2024 Presidential Fellowship

By Wayne Schlingman

The Department of Astronomy congratulates Sebastian Lopez on being a recipient of the 2024-25 distinguished Presidential Fellowship from The Ohio State University Graduate School. Sebastian is a…

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Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past

By Tatyana Woodall

New study details stellar evolution during the early universe