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Active Galaxies and Their Bizarre Centers Help to Measure Black Hole Masses

Ever since the revelation that the majority of galaxies in the universe host a supermassive black hole at their centers, astronomers have been working to measure the masses of these black holes in…

KELT: A Little Telescope with a Tall Order

While the search for exoplanets often demands some of the world’s largest, most expensive telescopes, Ohio State graduate student Thomas Beatty is using the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope,…

Kepler Space Telescope

KEPLER: A Jewel for Exoplanet Research, but also a Tool for Stellar Astronomy

Unlike his colleagues involved with the Kepler space telescope who are interested in studying exoplanets, Ohio State faculty member Professor Marc Pinsonneault is more anxious to study the stars…

Jason Eastman's self-built telescope DEMONEX

Studying Exoplanets with DEMONEX

Early in his astronomy graduate education, Jason Eastman began an extensive project: observing hundreds of exoplanets using his telescope, the Dedicated Monitor of Exotransits telescope, or…