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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…

(Credit Asahi Shimbun/Getty)

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…

Captain Marvel

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

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…

Grand Slam winners (left to right) Priscilla Cushman – DPF Chair Guanying Zhu Vetri Velan Bei Zhou Young-Kee Kim – DPF Chair-elect

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

Gamma radiation from the sun was thought to come from cosmic rays interacting with the sun’s magnetic field and then colliding with gas molecules near its surface. But this long-standing theory doesn’t account for the observed strength and other features

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- Link