News

Department Mourns Passing of Clark Swanson

The Department of Astronomy mourns the loss of Clark Swanson, who was an enthusiastic friend and generous supporter of the department.  He was a remarkable polymath, an influential…

Astronomy Wins at Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

Sydney Petz wins third place in Earth & Beyond at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Caitlin O'Brien wins an Honorable Mention in the same category. This is an incredible…

Wayne Schlingman Wins Community Engaged Practitioner Award

The Community Engaged Practitioner Award recognizes staff members who have demonstrated superior commitment to developing, coordinating, and/or sustaining projects, activities, or initiatives…

Black in Astro Receives Outreach Award from the Royal Astronomical Society

The Black In Astro community organization, co-led by Ohio State graduate student Caprice Phillips, has been awarded the 2023 Annie Maunder Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for its…

Tucker and Mayker Chen study reveals new details about the universe’s chemical formation

Galactic explosion offers astrophysicists new insight into the cosmos

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of interstellar observation, an…

PHANGS Team sees once invisible structures inside spiral galaxies using JWST

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths.

The space observatory can see…

New astronomy network catalyzes scientific excellence

Laura Lopez and a number of Ohio State Astronomy graduate and undergraduate students attend the "Unsolved Problems in Astronomy" Network Event.

…

Caitlin O'Brien selected for prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship Class of 2023

Congratulations to Caitlin O'Brien, a fourth-year undergraduate at The Ohio State University (OSU) majoring in Astronomy and Astrophysics with a double major in Physics. She is pursuing a minor in…

Lyra Cao uses novel technique to find starspots

Astronomers at The Ohio State University have developed a powerful technique for identifying starspots, according to research presented this month at the 241st meeting of the…