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February 2, 2025

Science Sundays: Unraveling the Mystery of Cosmic Acceleration

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February 4, 2025
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February 19, 2025

Join Us for the 15th Annual Biard Lecture

Mershon Auditorium, Ohio State University

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Adam Leroy awarded Henry Draper Medal

"Adam Leroy has helped lead a new era of interstellar medium science"

Congratulations to Adam Leroy who has been awarded the 2025 Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for his…

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Lopez and Weinberg selected as 2025 AAS Fellows

Department of Astronomy faculty members Laura Lopez (Associate Professor) and David Weinberg (Distinguished University Professor) have been named as 2025 Fellows of the American Astronomical…

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CCAPP Alumnus Wins 2024 ICTP Prize

Ranjan Laha, an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is one of two winners of the 2024 ICTP Prize from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste,…

Locating metal-poor galaxies can reveal unique insights about how they formed during the early universe. Photo: Getty Images

Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past

An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed. 

This rare…

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