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Stamatikos: The Legacy of Apollo 11
It has been 50 years since Neil Armstrong made “one giant leap for mankind”, but Apollo 11’s golden anniversary is bittersweet.
On the one hand, we celebrate a tremendous technological…
Not Your Average Success Story
(Originally posted http://osu.edu/features)
Anna's Roadmap to Success From COSI to NASA to the President's Prize, Anna Voelker's story is a journey that started with a struggle.When…
Supernova observation first of its kind using NASA satellite
Data from NASA and Ohio State offer new clues about why stars explode.
When NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite launched into space in April 2018, it did so with a specific goal:…
STEMcoding Black Hole Videos Go Viral!
(Originally posted http://u.osu.edu/stemcoding)
This spring we were all amazed to see the first images of gas falling into a supermassive black hole which were taken by a global radio…
Inside the Super-Kamioka Neutrino Detection Experiment
(Originally posted http://abc.net.au)
An international science team including astronomy and physics professor John Beacom is using 11,000 giant ’lightbulbs,’ 50,000 tons of ultrapurewater…
2019 Price Prize Winners Announced
CCAPP is proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics!
Carolyn Raithel (Arizona) and Shany Danieli (Yale)
Carolyn’s research focuses on the…
Inside Super-Kamiokande 360-degree tour” Features Work of Professor John Beacom And His Collaborators
Welcome to my secret underground lair,’ he [Professor Mark Vagins] tells me as we get to his lab.” A new essay with spectacular photos shows the inside of the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector…
Why Captain Marvel Didn't Age, According to a Physicist
(Originally posted http://newsarama.com)
Marvel Studios' $1.1 billion dollar global hit Captain Marvel debuts on digital platforms Tuesday, May 28, which will of course include the mid-credits…
The Sun is Stranger than Astrophysicists Imagined
(Originally posted to http://quantamagazine.org)
The sun radiates far more high-frequency light than expected, raising questions about unknown features of the sun’s magnetic field and the…