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2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics to OSU's David Weinberg
The Department of Astronomy at The Ohio State University congratulates David Weinberg as one of the recipients of the 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics recognizing outstanding mid…
Monthly Movie Nights: All Panels on YouTube
All of the monthly movie night panels are now available on the OSU Astronomy Youtube channel under the Montly Movie Night playlist. You can also go to the MMN landing page and click on the event…
Astronomy represented in 2020 highly cited researchers
Four faculty members in the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list from Clarivate, including Astronomy's David Weinberg…
Congratulations to the Autumn Class of 2020
The Department of Astronomy would like to congratulate all of our seniors who have finished their degrees this semester. We wish you the absolute best in your future endeavors! Graduating Seniors…
Undergraduate Research Scholarship Awards Autumn 2020
Arts and Sciences 2020 Autumn Semester Undergraduate Research Scholarship Competition The Department of Astronomy would like to congratulate the following students who won awards in the Arts and…
We still don’t really know what’s inside the sun
When the sun warms your face, it’s shooting more than just sunbeams at your skin. Neutrinos—ghostly particles with just a trace of mass—come along for the ride. Many trillions of them enter your body…
Sanskriti Das and Tharindu Jayasinghe win Presidential Fellowships
Some extremely happy news for our graduate students: Both Sanskriti Das and Tharindu Jayasinghe have won Presidential Fellowships. For those not familiar, the Presidential Fellowship …
Paul Martini named AAAS Fellow
Ten Arts and Sciences faculty named 2020 AAAS Fellows Of the 11 Ohio State scientists elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year, 10 are…
The universe is getting hot, hot, hot
The temperature has increased about 10-fold over the last 10 billion years