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Astronomy Welcomes Josh Carroll
We are delighted to announce that Josh Carroll will be the new ASCTech Senior Systems Manager for Astronomy! Josh comes to us from Math and Statistics where he led the ASCTech support…
Rogue planets could outnumber the stars
An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets – planets that float in space without orbiting a sun – than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study theorizes. “This…
2020 SURP finishes strong with first online symposium
This summer, the OSU Department of Astronomy hosted 18 students for the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP). These students conducted astronomy research projects that were performed online…
Powdering Up for Neutrinos
Supernovae are some of the brightest objects in the Universe, not only in light but also in neutrinos. In 1987, neutrino experiments got their first sampling of these supernova neutrinos from a…
150 Years of Ohio State: Research and Creative Expression Innovators
Two Ohio State Astronomers make the Office of Research's list of 150 years of innovation. Congratulations to Kris Stanek for his research on the explosive deaths of massive stars. …
AN ELEMENTAL PROBLEM WITH THE SUN
For two decades, astronomers have argued over how much carbon, nitrogen and especially oxygen lie within our closest star — a dispute with implications for the entire universe. A new debate is…
Twinkle, Twinkle - Ohio State-Vanderbilt collaboration, 'Twinkle,' to find potentially habitable worlds
Astronomers are preparing to further study the atmospheres of planets discovered through NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission to identify the most promising…
Scientists publish largest 3D map of the universe ever created
Data shows that about 6 billion years ago, the universe’s expansion accelerated
NEOWISE Comet
Looking for something to do to cure your COVID blues? From July 12-28 you can see this incredible comet gracing our skies just after sunset in the Northwest horizon, right under the Big Dipper. So…