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Study proves ground-based telescopes can search for planets with two suns
The planet, Kepler-16b, is about 245 light-years from Earth, is a gas giant, and is roughly the size…
Astronomy Assistant Professor Ji Wang has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Wang’s research project,…
The High-Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded its Early Career Prize to Associate Professor Laura Lopez. The HEAD Early Career Prize is given…
Professor Scott Gaudi, the Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration, recently discussed the James Webb Space Telescope and its capabilities on WOSU’s “All Sides with Ann…
Ohio State University scientists are collaborating on an international effort to produce a 3D map of the universe in unprecedented detail, allowing physicists and astronomers a clearer…
Congratulations to Kiersten Boley and Romy Rodriguez Martinez for their selection as NASA ExoExplorers!
The Exoplanet Explorers (ExoExplorers) Science Series aims to enable the…
The Department of Astronomy is excited to announce the winners of the following Awards and Scholarships:
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded the Humboldt Research Award to Adam Leroy, an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy. The honor is granted to…
The Department of Astronomy is proud to announce two new presidential fellows:
Romy Rodriguez Martinez - who works on the detection and characterization of transiting exoplanets.
James…