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CCAPP Members Elected to the Faculty Senate
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2020 Faculty Senate Election in the Natural and Mathematical Sciences division of the College of Arts and Sciences. Elected senators and alternates…
Radar could detect cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice
Originally published to physicsworld.com
Physicists working at the SLAC laboratory in the US have shown they can detect radar echoes by bouncing radio waves off a cascade of high-energy…
Kochanek and Stanek receive Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
Originally posted to artsandsciences.osu.edu/news
Christopher Kochanek, professor of astronomy and Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Krzysztof Stanek, professor of astronomy and Ohio State…
What’s a halo made of? Scientists have new insights on the galactic kind
Study finds new elements, hotter temperatures in the Milky WayOriginally posted to news.osu.edu
The halo that surrounds our Milky Way galaxy is hotter and made up of different…
Physics and astronomy professor receives National Postdoctoral Association 2020 Mentor Award
Originally posted to artsandsciences.osu.edu/news
John Beacom, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Henry L. Cox Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has received the National…
Has Hubble Detected Rogue Clumps Of Dark Matter?
Originally posted to gizmodo.com.au
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered evidence of small clumps of dark matter warping the light from distant quasars.
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Astronomy professor awarded 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
Originally posted to artsandsciences.osu.edu/news
Christopher Kochanek, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in the Department of Astronomy, has won the 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize…
