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OSU Planetarium Getting a Major Facelift
The astronomy department has been providing planetarium shows to OSU students and the general public since 1968 in its 65-seat, 30-foot planetarium located on the 5th floor of Smith…
"The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy" - Evalyn Gates - Science Sundays
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 3:00pm Ohio Union - US Bank Conference Theatre
"The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy" is part of the ASC Science Sundays public lecture…
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…
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 reach for…
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 of the…
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 observing deck of Smith Laboratory on the OSU Main Campus in Columbus…
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, or…
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,…
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…