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2021 Outreach and Engagement grant recipients announced
The Office of Outreach and Engagement has awarded more than $215,000 to 23 recipients of 2021 Outreach and Engagement grants. Grants were awarded at a maximum amount of $10,000 to support…
DESI project begins operations with help from Ohio State faculty and researchers
A five-year quest to map the universe and unravel the mysteries of “dark energy” officially began Monday at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, when the Dark Energy Spectroscopic…
Graduate School awards Presidential Fellowship
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final…
Using Exoplanets as Dark Matter Detectors
Dark matter makes up roughly 80% of the universe’s mass, yet it can’t be directly observed. New research led by Juri Smirnov, a fellow at the Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics,…
Where Are All The Tiny Black Holes?
Ohio State Astronomy's Todd Thompson weighs in on the discovery of a celestial “unicorn” that’s just a slim 2.9 solar masses may help unravel a mystery that has long puzzled astronomers. The…
Where's the Dark Matter? Look for Suspicious Warm Planets
WIRED shares more on newly published research from Juri Smirnov, a fellow in the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, which suggests dark matter could be detected by measuring the…
A black hole dubbed 'the Unicorn' may be galaxy's smallest one
Scientists led by astronomy an Ohio State doctoral student Tharindu Jayasinghe discovered a black hole that may be the smallest in the Milky Way and the nearest to our solar system.
The role of exoplanets in the search for dark matter
A paper co-authored by Juri Smirnov, a fellow at The Ohio State University’s Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, suggests exoplanets (planets outside of our solar system) and their…
Stamatikos Named Ohio State Community Engaged Scholar
From sharing the grandeur of our universe with the public at the SciDome Planetarium to exploring black holes with middle schoolers and discussing the possibility of extraterrestrial life with…