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Electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons, interact around a neutron star in this visualization. Why is there so much more matter than antimatter in the universe we can see? (Image: © NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

The Universe's Dark Secret: Where Did All the Antimatter Go?

The universe ought to be swimming with antimatter, and scientists aren't quite sure where it all went. Paul Sutter, community outreach coordinator at the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle…

(Photo: Sara C. Tobias, Sara C. Tobias/The Advocate)

Aces of Trades – Michael Stamatikos works with NASA in Newark

NEWARK – Michael Stamatikos loves science. And that may be a bit of an understatement. He teaches, for instance, physics and astronomy at OSU’s Newark campus.   “Mike is passionate,” assessed…
Newark Visit

President Drake visits SciDome, Newark campus

Inside a darkened theater in Newark, Ohio, is a chance to tour some of the most distant stars in the galaxy and inside the smallest parts of the human anatomy.

Ohio State University…

Steven Prohira

Dr. Steven Prohira named OSU President's Postdoctoral Scholar

The Ohio State University recently named 10 young researchers as the 2019 cohort of President's Postdoctoral Scholars.  Physics is fortunate to have Steven Prohira among their number.

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Super-Kamioka Neutrino Detection Experiment in Japan

Beacom helps guide efforts to detect neutrinos from supernovae

Recent upgrades to the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory will allow it to trace the history of exploding stars.

A research initiative co-led by John Beacom, professor of physics…

Andromeda Galaxy

WFIRST could find more than 1,400 new planets

The study, by a team of astronomers at The Ohio State University, provides the most detailed estimates to date of the potential reach of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope mission (nicknamed…

David DeFelice, Community Relations Outreach director for NASA's Glenn Research Center, talks about how three astronauts were wedged into Apollo capsules during space missions. The Apollo exhibit opened Saturday at The Works.

NASA Apollo exhibit blasts off at The Works

NEWARK - NASA's "Apollo and the Next Giant Leap" exhibit at The Works was delayed by a month due to the government shutdown.   But timing is everything. As STEMfest (Science, Technology,…
Laura Lopez

Laura Lopez named one of this year's Cottrell Scholars

Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America's first foundation dedicated wholly to science, announces 24 recipients of its 2019 Cottrell Scholar Awards. These Awards provide $100,…

"An End to Modernity" by Josiah McElheny. Image credit: Josiah McElheny Studio

Sculpture informed by David Weinberg to be exhibited at Stanford

Chair of the Department of Astronomy David Weinberg discusses his collaboration with artist Josiah McElheny on a sculpture that represents five ways a universe could form. The elaborate…