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Scientists watch a black hole shredding a star
A NASA satellite searching space for new planets gave astronomers an unexpected glimpse at a black hole ripping a star to shreds.
Dr. Radek Poleski Receives Polish Astronomical Society Young Scientist Award!
Ohio State University postdoctoral researcher Dr. Radek Poleski recently received the Polish Astronomical Society Young Scientist Award, which recognizes his extensive scientific contributions to the…
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…
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…
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!
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…
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 highest…
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 Kusz Nicholas…
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 of…