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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.

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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…

Ohio State well represented at 2023 Winter AAS Meeting

Ohio State makes a big splash at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle Washington in January of 2023. Over 33 faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate, and…

Professor Sultana Nahar elected as Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences

TWAS members have elected Professor Sultana Nahar as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries, effective 1 January 2023. Professor…

Kiersten Boley and Caprice Phillips win 2022 AAS Beth Brown Memorial Prize

Congratulations to Caprice Phillips and Kiersten Boley for winning the AAS Beth Brown Memorial Prize for the best astronomy oral presentation and best astronomy poster presentation at the annual…