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Cosmic Eruption Shows Black Hole Ripping At Star
An international group of scientists who study space have discovered an astronomical “Old Faithful” – an eruption of light flashing about once every 114 days on a nearly predictable schedule. The…
Price Prize winner Carl Fields selected by Forbes to be on 30 under 30 in Science
: Price Prize winner Carl Fields was selected by Forbes to be on their list of 30 under 30 in Science, in fact one of a few “featured” people. The writeup for him notes, “He won a 2020 Price Prize…
Popular Science: We still don't really know what's inside the sun—but that could change very soon
When the sun warms your face, it’s shooting more than just sunbeams at your skin. Neutrinos—ghostly particles with just a trace of mass—come along for the ride. Many trillions of them enter your…
A new way to detect subatomic particles from deep space
Steven Prohira is a neutrino hunter. The postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State's Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics is principal investigator on a new project, the NSF-funded Radar…
Temperature has increased about 10-fold over the last 10 billion years
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The universe is getting hotter, a new study has found.
The study, published Oct. 13 in The Astrophysical Journal, probed the thermal history of the universe over the last…
Accepting Applications for CCAPP Postdoc Fellows Position
The Ohio State University Departments of Astronomy and Physics invite applications for Postdoctoral Fellows in the OSU Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP).
A successful…
Particle Astro Experimental Group Receives Awards
First, CCAPP Fellow Steven Prohira is PI of a collaborative award (OSU lead institution) for the Radar Echo Telescope. With this 4-year award for $474k we will build, deploy, and…
2020 Price Prize Winners Announced
CCAPP is proud to announce Chiara Salemi (MIT) and Carl Fields (MSU) as the winners of the 2020 Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics!
Chiara’s research focuses on searches for low-mass…
CCAPP Scientists Chosen for APS-IDEA teams
Annika Peter and her entire team, which include students, staff and faculty from Physics (Terry Bradley, Beatriz E. Burrola Gabilondo, Kirsten Casey, Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay, Ami Choi, Emilio…