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Ohio State Researchers Play a Major Role in Developing NASA WFIRST Mission
In the mid-2020s, NASA will launch a new space telescope that can map the Milky Way galaxy and the distant universe 100 times faster than the famed Hubble Space Telescope. Ohio State researchers…
Astronomers Win Top Prizes from American Astronomical Society
Laura Lopez, assistant professor, astronomy, will receive the 2016 Annie Jump Cannon Award for outstanding research by early-career female astronomers (an astronomer within five years of receiving…
OSU Astronomers Discover the Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen
In this week’s issue of the journal Science, OSU astronomers report the discovery of the most powerful supernova ever seen. The object at the center could be a very rare type of star called…
OSU and NASA Astronomers Find Twins of Eta Carina
Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years, is best known for an enormous eruption seen in the mid-19th century that hurled at least 10 times the sun's…
OSU Planetarium to be named for Professor Arne Slettebak
At their April 10 meeting, the Ohio State University Board of Trustees in recognition of contributions to the College of Arts and Sciences by Gerald and Ann Newsom and David and Sheryl Price,…
David Weinberg wins the AAS Lancelot M. Berkeley Prize
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) awarded David H. Weinberg, the Henry L. Cox Professor in Astronomy and Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the Lancelot M.…
“Assassin” Targets Supernovae in Our Neighborhood of the Universe
SEATTLE—While many astronomical collaborations use powerful telescopes to target individual objects in the distant universe, a new project at The Ohio State University is doing something radically…
Astronomy Professor Appointed Holder of The Thomas Jefferson Chair for Discovery and Space Exploration
In 2007, Ohio State received an anonymous gift of $20 million to support the exploration of outer space, which funds student fellowships and two faculty chairs named for men known for their…
Welcome New Planetarium Director Dr. Wayne Schlingman!
Wayne M. Schlingman, the new director of the Ohio State Planetarium, has a room with an enviable view with seats he will never have trouble filling. And he's ready to start taking people out of…