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Welcome New Astronomy Graduate Students 2019

The Department of Astronomy would like to welcome our incoming graduate students for the 2019-2020 school year. From left to right: Ness Mayker, Caprice Phillips, Kiersten Boley, Alison Duck, and…

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The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Leading experts, including Nobel Prize Winner Rai Weiss and OSU's very own John Beacom among others, discuss the future and far future of gravitational wave astronomy from upgrading LIGO to larger…

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Anna's road map to success

From COSI to NASA to the President's Prize, Anna Voelker's story is a journey that started with struggle.

Read more about Anna's journey and her success here!

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SURP 2019 ends with an incredible symposium

Congratulations to all members of the Astronomy Department’s Student Undergraduate Research Program on completing their summer’s work! This past Friday, the SURP students presented their work to…

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Dan Pappalardo wins a Distinguished Staff Award

Dan Pappalardo, Senior Design Engineer in the Astronomy Department's Imaging Sciences Laboratory, has been named one of twelve recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Staff Award, Ohio State’s…

Congratulations to our Spring 2019 Graduating Undergraduates

We would like to say CONGRATULATIONS to our newly minted graduates with their undergraduate degree in Astronomy. 

Grace Calhoun Dominic Flournoy Suren Gourapura Zhiyuan Guo Matthew…
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A Conversation with Sultana Nahar

Listen to Sultana Nahar on the Female Voice podcast. Female Voice features stellar women of all nationalities and languages. The conversation 10-12 minutes long where the interview…

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Astronomers are trying to measure the effects of dark energy on the expansion of the universe

A massive project on Kitt Peak is expected to be finished by Labor Day. Astronomers are installing new equipment that could help explain the mystery of dark energy and why the universe is…

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Congrats to Jeniveve Pearson

Congrats to undergraduate student Jeniveve Pearson for winnin the prestigious Undergraduate Research Scholarship/ International Research Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences! More…