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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-…
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…
Bei Zhou and Guanying Zhu of Ohio State University Win Awards
Bei Zhou and Guanying Zhu of Ohio State University participated in the DPF Grand Slam at the APS meeting in Denver in April and were two of the three winners. More Info: DPF Newsletter
The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined
The sun radiates far more high-frequency light than expected, raising questions about unknown features of the sun’s magnetic field and the possibility of even more exotic physics. Read More-…
TEDx: Confronting the STEM Syndrome
Michael Stamatikos speaks about the importance of science to society, the STEM Syndrome which plagues our nation and how places like the Scidome can be a solution to this epidemic. Dr. Michael…
Dark Energy Instrument's Lenses See the Night Sky for the First Time
On April 1, the dome of the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, opened to the night sky, and starlight poured through the assembly of six large lenses that were carefully packaged and aligned for…
A Victory for Dark Matter in a Galaxy Without Any
(Originally posted to http://quantamagazine.org)
Paradoxically, a small galaxy that seems to contain none of the invisible stuff known as “dark matter” may help prove that it exists.…