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Supernovae

Massive Neutrino Detector Upgrade to Better Detect Supernovae Relics

Scientists are boosting the sensitivity of the Super-Kamiokande neutrino experiment, developed by an international team that includes astronomy and physics professor John Beacom, allowing it to…

SDSS Map

Scientists publish largest 3D map of the universe ever created

Data shows that about 6 billion years ago, the universe’s expansion accelerated COLUMBUS, Ohio --

A new three-dimensional map, built after decades of collecting and
analyzing data from the…

Milky Way Halo

The Milky Way has one very hot halo, astronomers find

The Milky Way’s halo — the hazy, gaseous cosmic cloud surrounding our galaxy —is way hotter than we thought. The research, led by professor of astronomy Smita Mathur, could lead to insights about…

Illustration of Black Hole near Earth

"Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hints of more"

Meet your new but shy galactic neighbor: A black hole left over from the death of a fleeting young star.

European astronomers have found the closest black hole to Earth yet…

Anna Voelker

Anna Voelker interviews for Radio

92.3 Woody and the Wakeup Call interviewed CCAPP's Anna Voelker on an asteroid that passed by Earth recently. You can listen to the full recording of this interview here: https://www.iheart.…

image of an observatory with a starry sky backdrop.

Berkeley Lab researchers continue studying universe’s expansion remotely

Originally posted to The Daily Californian 6/3/2020 https://www.dailycal.org/2020/06/02/berkeley-lab-researchers-continue-studying-universes-expansion-remotely/

 

The…

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Martini named fellow at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute

Paul Martini, professor in the Department of Astronomy and Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, has been named a 2020–2021 fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at…

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Professor Amy Connolly Receives Award

Professor Amy Connolly has been awarded the 2019-2020 Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award.

This award recognizes a faculty member, staff member or student from within The Ohio…

SciAccess 2020

2020 SciAccess Conference with astronaut Soyeon Yi

Ohio State's Department of Astronomy, in partnership with NASA and the SciAccess Initiative, is hosting a free, virtual conference June 29. This free all-day event will be dedicated to promoting…