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Astrophysicists Shine Bright with Award - The 2011 Rossi Prize

December 12, 2011

Astrophysicists Shine Bright with Award - The 2011 Rossi Prize

Fermi Telescope

The American Astronomical Society's High Energy Astrophysics Division has awarded a prestigious prize to eight Ohio State scientists. All are part of the research team for the Large Area Telescope, an instrument on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, which scans the skies for the most energetic form of radiation. Among their discoveries: Einstein was right about the structure of space-time.