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September 21, 2023

Astronomy Colloquium - Constantine Deliyannis

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September 28, 2023

Diversity Journal Club - September 28, 2023

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September 30, 2023

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September 11, 2023

OSU Astronomy and Physics receive NASA grants to join Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Mission

Faculty, staff and students in the Departments of Astronomy and Physics will play a large part in NASA’s next large astrophysics mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), expected to…

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August 3, 2023

Michael Plummer is using cosmic weather to study which worlds could support life

Study uses new code to test next-gen telescope abilities

As the next generation of giant, high-powered observatories begin to come online, a new study suggests that their instruments…

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July 20, 2023

Astronomers discover striking evidence of ‘unusual’ stellar evolution

Magnetic activity plays a key role in exoplanet habitability

Astronomers have found evidence that some stars boast unexpectedly strong surface magnetic fields, a discovery that…

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July 20, 2023

Elvira Cruz-Cruz Wins FINESST Research Grant

Astronomy graduate student Elvira Cruz-Cruz wins a FINESST research grant for her proposal and work with Professor Chris Kochanek. Congratulations to Elvira for her outstanding scientific work.…

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Arjun Murlidhar

Arjun Murlidhar

Graduate Student

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Sanskruti Admane

Sanskruti Admane

UMAAC Member / Undergraduate

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Marshall Johnson

Marshall Johnson

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Adam Wheeler

Postdoctoral Researcher

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