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A black hole stars: New discovery adds to our map of the universe
Todd Thompson, Professor and Vice Chair, Astronomy, "A black hole stars: New discovery adds to our map of the universe," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 15
How neutrinos, which barely exist, just ran off with another Nobel Prize
Author John Beacom: "Neutrinos take patience. They're worth it, and the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes that, following related prizes in 1988, 1995 and 2002. Ironically,…
We saw 'The Martian' with three scientists who know a thing or two about Mars
The Dispatch science reporter watched the movie with three space scientists -- Paul Sutter, an Ohio State University astrophysicist; Wayne Schlingman, director of the OSU planetarium; and Anna…
New Research Explores Why The Universe Is Dying
An international team of astronomers says new data show energy output measured across more than 200,000 galaxies is only about half as strong as it was 2 billion years ago. Scientists point to this…
OSC Summer Institute
Sponsored in part by CCAPP, Annika Peter and Don Terndrup, the Ohio Supercomputer Center Summer Institute (SI) is a two-week residential program that gives gifted Ohio high school students entering…
Kavli Foundation Roundtable on DES Dwarf Candidates and Dark Matter
CCAPP Alumna, Andrea Albert, now currently a postdoc at SLAC National Accelerator Lab, was featured along with Alex Drlica-Wagner and Josh Frieman in a roundtable discussion on the new dwarf…
Space in Your Face!
A weekly video about topics of the Universe launched this week on YouTube, featuring OSU Planetarium Director Wayne Schlingman and CCAPP Postdoc Paul Sutter. "The Arches Cluster is one of the most…
New CCAPP Hires
CCAPP is excited to welcome three new postdocs this fall! They are all excellent fits to the interests of many members of the department and CCAPP, and we are confident that they will serve as…
Astrophysicist Appointed to Editorial Board of Physical Review Letters
John Beacom, professor, physics and astronomy, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Physical Review Letters, the world's leading physics letters journal, operated and published by the…