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John Beacom

John Beacom elected to office in the APS Division of Astrophysics

John Beacom, Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), has been elected to a four-year term in the Chair…

Courtney Epstein

Astronomy Graduate Student Received P.E.O. Scholar Award

 

Courtney Epstein, a PhD candidate in astronomy, has received the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar award. The P.E.O. is a sisterhood of “women helping women…

Astronomers Awarded $5M Contract to Build Cameras for New-Generation Microlensing Telescopes

 

A team of Ohio State astronomers has been awarded a $5 million dollar contract from KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Sciences Institute) to build three 340 megapixel cameras - three…

2012 Spring Public Star Party

 

The OSU Astronomy Department will be holding a public star party on Saturday, April 28 2012 from 8:30-11:00pm  on the roof of Smith Laboratory on the OSU Main Campus…

Johnny Greco

Undergraduate Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Johnny Greco, a junior double major in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar. This is the highest award for undergraduate researchers in science, math,…

Sizing Up the Universe: The Cosmos in Perspective

Biard Lecture - Sizing Up the Universe: The Cosmos in Perspective

5th Annual R. Jack and Forest Lynn Biard Lectureship in Cosmology and Astrophysics

Wednesday April 18, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Location: McPherson Lab - Room 1000 - 140 W 18th Ave, Columbus
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Transit of Venus 2012 June 5

Venus Transit 2012

Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 5-11pm

The OSU Astronomy Department will be holding a public program to observe the Transit of Venus across the Sun on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, from 5:00-11:00pm on…

2011 CCAPP Price Prize Winners Announced

The Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize of the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) is supported by generous gifts from Steve Price and Jill Levy, and is named after Steve'…

In a Star's Final Days, Astronomers Hunt “Signal of Impending Doom”

An otherwise nondescript binary star system in the Whirlpool Galaxy has brought astronomers tantalizingly close to their goal of observing a star just before it goes supernova.

A study by…