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Astronomers Awarded $5M Contract to Build Cameras for New-Generation Microlensing Telescopes

Astronomy Professor Andrew Gould and his team have received a $5M contract from the Korea Astronomy and Space Sciences Institute to build cameras for the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network.

2012 Spring Public Star Party

The OSU Astronomy Department will hold its Spring 2012 Public Star Party on Saturday, April 28, from 8:30-11pm, in conjunction with Global Astronomy Day 2012.

Undergraduate Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Johnny Greco, a junior double major in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, has been named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar, the highest award for undergraduate researchers in science, math, or engineering.

Biard Lecture - Sizing Up the Universe: The Cosmos in Perspective

The Sun is so large that a million Earths could fit inside it, yet there are stars much larger than the Sun, and the distances between them are truly awesome. The large sizes encountered in astronomy are part of its fascination, but depicting them is perhaps astronomy's greatest challenge.