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Saturn from Cassini
March 19, 2020
Astronomy Colloquium
0130 CBEC
Photo of the Milky Way galaxy surrounded by a halo of dust, dark matter and gas
March 20, 2020
Public Lecture - The Dakota and Ojibwe Skies
Stillman Hall 100

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Circumbinary Disk
February 26, 2020

In Search of Exoplanets With Binary Sunsets

Read about Ohio State Astronomer Ji Wang's contribution to studying planets that orbit 2 stars at the center of their solar system. An excerpt is below. To read more click here to go to Discover…

ASAS-SN15lh Artists Conception
January 21, 2020

Kris Stanek & Chris Kochanek Awarded the 2020 AAS Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize

Krzysztof Stanek, professor of astronomy and Ohio State Distinguished Scholar, and Christopher Kochanek, professor of astronomy and Ohio Eminent Scholar, and have jointly received the American…

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January 17, 2020

Physics and astronomy professor receives National Postdoctoral Association 2020 Mentor Award

John Beacom, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Henry L. Cox Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has received the National Postdoctoral Association’s 2020 Garnett-Powers Association Inc…

Photo of the Milky Way galaxy surrounded by a halo of dust, dark matter and gas
January 17, 2020

What's a halo made of? Scientists have new insights on the galactic kind

What's a halo made of? Scientists have new insights on the galactic kind Study finds new elements, hotter temperatures in the Milky Way

The halo that surrounds our Milky Way galaxy is hotter and…

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Anna Voelker
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