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2024 Polaris poster session group photo
April 21, 2025

Polaris Poster Session

Event Start Time: 5:20 pm
Event Location: Physics Research Building Atrium
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April 22, 2025

CCAPP Seminar - Rasmi Hajjar

Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom
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April 24, 2025

Diversity Journal Club - Finding Balance when Life is Imbalanced

Event Start Time: 12:30 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom
Stars and their sound waves. Image credit: NASA/Gabriel Perez Diaz/Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
April 24, 2025

Astronomy Colloquium - Courtney Epstein

Event Start Time: 3:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: McPherson Lab - Room 2019 and Zoom

Recent News

Caprice Phillips

Caprice Phillips wins 2025 Graduate Associate Leadership Award

By Wayne Schlingman

Join the Graduate School in congratulating the 2025 Graduate Associate Leadership Award (GALA)recipients! This prestigious award, presented by the Graduate School at Ohio State, recognizes…

Nikolas and Ian Harris

Ohio State Astronomy Student wins Presidents Buckeye Accelerator 2025

Six student-led ventures were each awarded $50,000 in startup funding at the President’s Buckeye Accelerator Finale on April 3. The showcase marked the culmination of a yearlong program led by The…

John Beacom

John Beacom elected to 2024 Class of AAAS Fellows

Prof. John Beacom is one of nine OSU scientists who were elected to the 2024 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows.

The AAAS Fellowship, recognizing…

The planet Jupiter

Astronomer finds gas giant exoplanets formed earlier than previously thought

By Tatyana Woodall

A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research.