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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…
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…
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, Education and…
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…
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…
Dr. Michael Stamatikos Named as A Speaker for Fuse
Dr. Michael Stamatikos is an Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at The Ohio State University and an astrophysicist affiliated with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Stamatikos is the…
The "Stuff" of the Universe Keeps Changing
(Originally posted to http://news.osu.edu)
The composition of the universe—the elements that are the building blocks for every bit of matter—is ever-changing and ever-evolving, thanks to the…
Astronomy Student Named Presidential Fellow
Fifteen graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have received an autumn 2018 Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School at Ohio State.
Repairing, and Building, Future Space Telescopes
(Originally posted http://thespacereview.com)
An incident last week provided a reminder of the importance of being able to repair space telescopes. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), one of…