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Undergraduates Present Summer Research - 2017
The Department of Astronomy and CCAPP hosted our eleventh annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium on August 4, 2017. Students who participated in our Summer Undergraduate Research Program…
Department Hosts Teacher Resource Day
The Department of Astronomy hosted a Teacher Resource Day for local elementary and middle school teachers on Tuesday, August 1st. Teachers learned about the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's classroom…
Astronomers Win NASA Award
Professors Scott Gaudi and Andy Gould, Postdoctoral Researchers Matthew Penny and Radek Poleski, and former PhD student Calen Henderson, are part of a 17-member international team who received…
A planet hotter than most stars
Astronomer Scott Gaudi, Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration, co-led an international team that has discovered the hottest planet known. The team has been tracking the…
OSU Team Discovers Failed Supernova
For the first time, astronomers have seen a dying star collapse directly into a black hole, rather than explode as a supernove. The star was about 25 times as massive as our Sun, and this fizzle…
Michael Stamatikos wins OSU Newark Teaching and Service Awards
Congratulations to Michael Stamatikos, who won both the 2017 Faculty Service Award (Tenure-Track) and the 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award (Tenure-Track) at OSU Newark! Dr. Stamatikos is an…
New Planetarium Planned for Newark
There will soon be a brand-new, state of the art planetarium in downtown Newark! The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology and The Ohio State University at Newark will build a $1.4…
David Weinberg Named Distinguished University Professor
David Weinberg was surprised at our morning Astronomy Coffee today to learn he has been named a Distinguished University Professor. The Distinguished University Professor title is awarded to no…
Paul Sutter and Anna Voelker Lauch New Video Series
Astrophysicist Paul Sutter and undergraduate astronomy & astrophysics major Anna Voelker have launched a new video series called We Don't Planet on space.com that explores and explains…