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Congratulations to the recipients of our Department of Astronomy Graduate Student Awards.

Ann S. Tuttle Citizenship, Engagement, and Outreach Prize - Caprice Phillips

Ann S.…

Paul Martini, Professor of Astronomy, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. The APS Fellowship Program recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to the…

The department is beyond happy to award the Ann S. Tuttle Citizenship Award to Caprice Phillips.

As a reminder, the Tuttle Citizenship Award description:

Our field and Department…

Galactic superwinds – large outflows of gas created by a combination of supernova explosions and stellar winds – are closely connected to a galaxy’s earliest stages of development and…

Recent graduate Kevin Hoy makes "Newsworthy Talks" for his talk on Modeling Phosphorus Spectra for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s…

On July 12, NASA shared the debut images from the fully operational James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — the most powerful space observatory ever built.

Among the close-ups of…

Richard Pogge of The Ohio State University describes the SDSS-V as “one of the most scientifically productive ground-based surveys ever.”

“I've derived a great deal of satisfaction out…

After two decades of debate, scientists are getting closer to figuring out exactly what the sun — and thus the whole universe — is made of.

The sun is mostly composed of hydrogen and…

There is no doubt that modern astronomical surveys have completely revolutionized cosmology. For example, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) was the first to detect…