GLAST Launch Blog

[NASA will provide] live coverage of the countdown to launch of the Delta II carrying the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) will begin right here about two hours before liftoff.

Special Public Lecture

On Monday, March 24, CCAPP will host a special public lecture by Joel R. Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams: "The View From The Center Of The Universe." Click here to view their homepage. View Lecture Poster (PDF)

A New View of the Cosmos is Brewing

Cosmic Quest
Fueled by out-of-this-world curiosity, millions of dollars, and a lot of coffee (see page 8) Ohio State researchers are reaching for the stars.
Click here to view the full PDF article by Pam Frost Gorder from the new issue of the Alumni Magazine.

Auger Observatory Closes in on Long Standing Mystery, Links Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays with Violent Black Holes

Scientists of the Pierre Auger Collaboration announced today (Nov. 8 2007) that active galactic nuclei are the most likely candidate for the source of the highest-energy cosmic rays that hit Earth.

OSU researchers play hide and seek with the universe

• Thanks to the new Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, faculty and students are able to ask and answer questions about what the universe is made of and how it has evolved.
  See full article in onCampus newspaper

CCAPP Funding Opportunities

• CCAPP encourages applications from visitors (short and long term), for mini-workshops, and for proposals related to CCAPP science initiatives.

CCAPP Postdoctoral Research Position

• CCAPP supports long-term post docs (3-year and 5-year) in fields related to CCAPP science initiatives and encourages applications from qualified candidates. For full consideration your application should be received by Dec. 31, 2007. See CCAPP Postdoctoral Researcher Application to apply.