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Locating metal-poor galaxies can reveal unique insights about how they formed during the early universe. Photo: Getty Images

Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past

An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.

This rare supernova,…

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Charlie Mace and Erik Zaborowski win Presidential Fellowship

The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final…

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Professor Hughes's $729K NSF Grant Receives Funding

Professor Kaeli Hughes's $729K NSF Grant, WoU-MMA: Cosmic Ray and Background Identification with RNO-G, has just received funding!

Abstract from the NSF:

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A cosmic tool for studying twisters and other severe storms

Physicists say particle-finding technique has value on Earth

Cosmic rays could offer scientists another way to track and study violent tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena, a new study…

John Beacom, Anna Voelker, Caitlin O'Brien at Award Ceremony

OSU Engaged Scholar Award

Engaged Scholars is a series highlighting Ohio State faculty who have made an impact in our communities through their community-engaged research and teaching.

2024…

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Encouraging kids to shoot for the stars

Caitlin O’Brien grew up surrounded by space. Some of her fondest childhood memories are watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos with her dad. As an undergrad majoring in astronomy and astrophysics…

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2024 Price Prize Winners Announced

CCAPP is proud to announce Abigail Lee (U. Chicago) and Hanjue Zhu (U. Chicago) as the winners of the 2024 Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics!

Abigail’s research focuses on improving…

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Portable Planetarium Party on PRB Patio

One of our recent undergraduate alums, Caitlin O’Brien, working with two other undergraduates, was selected last year for the President’s Buckeye Accelerator Award. Their project, called Solstice…

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First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe

Researchers at The Ohio State University played a major role in analyzing the first year of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s survey into the history of the universe.…