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The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Leading experts (including Nobel Prize Winner Rai Weiss) discuss the future and far future of gravitational wave astronomy from upgrading LIGO to larger ground based detectors such as The Einstein…

The Warsaw Telescope and galactic Cepheids

New 3D Milky Way Model Shows Details of Galactic Warp

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Model created using more than 2,300 stars — the most comprehensive of its kind to date

An international research team has built the most in…

Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin was photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the moon by mission commander Neil Armstrong. (Photo: NASA)

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…

Anna (center) speaks with two presenters at the SciAccess conference she hosted.

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…

A star shines bright in a distant galaxy.

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:…

Event Horizon Black Hole Image

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…

A platform suspended from the ceiling of Kamioka

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 Prize Winners Carolyn Raithel and Shany Danieli

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…

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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…