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Gamma Rays
May 10, 2019

Daily Post: The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined

About seven times more high-energy light is radiating from the sun than scientists anticipated, and it’s behaving rather strangely, according to new findings from a research team including Ohio…
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Dan Pappalardo
May 8, 2019

Dan Pappalardo wins a Distinguished Staff Award

Dan Pappalardo, Senior Design Engineer in the Astronomy Department's Imaging Sciences Laboratory, has been named one of twelve recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Staff Award, Ohio State’s highest…
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Ohio State seal
May 7, 2019

Congratulations to our Spring 2019 Graduating Undergraduates

We would like to say CONGRATULATIONS to our newly minted graduates with their undergraduate degree in Astronomy.  Grace Calhoun Dominic Flournoy Suren Gourapura Zhiyuan Guo Matthew Kusz…
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Earth and Moon
May 3, 2019

Daily Post: WHAT'S ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON?

From tidal locking to lunar water to polar craters, assistant professor of astronomy and planetarium director Wayne Schlingman explains what we do and don’t know about the far side of the moon.…
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Sultana Nahar getting award
April 30, 2019

A Conversation with Sultana Nahar

Listen to Sultana Nahar on the Female Voice podcast. Female Voice features stellar women of all nationalities and languages. The conversation 10-12 minutes long where the interview of the guest is…
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Primary Mirror of the 4-meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak
April 25, 2019

Astronomers are trying to measure the effects of dark energy on the expansion of the universe

A massive project on Kitt Peak is expected to be finished by Labor Day. Astronomers are installing new equipment that could help explain the mystery of dark energy and why the universe is expanding…
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April 15, 2019

Congrats to Jeniveve Pearson

Congrats to undergraduate student Jeniveve Pearson for winnin the prestigious Undergraduate Research Scholarship/ International Research Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences! More information…
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desi
April 9, 2019

Ohio State helps dark energy instrument's lenses see the night sky for the first time

On April 1 the dome of the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, opened to the night sky, and starlight poured through the assembly of six large lenses that were carefully packaged and aligned for a…
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Dr Stamatikos at OSU TEDx
April 9, 2019

Confronting the STEM Syndrome – Michael Stamatikos

Check out Professor Michael Stamatikos as he explores the STEM Syndrome at The Ohio State University TEDx event!