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Nation's Largest Scientific Footprint in NASA's WFIRST Mission
"Last week, NASA announced plans to move forward on the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope. Projected to launch in mid-2020, it has two major missions: discovering secrets of dark energy and…
Gravitational Waves: A Black Hole Is Trying to Slap You — Can You Feel It?
"Researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have found evidence of gravitational waves, a key feature of standard models of how the universe works."
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Astronomers May Have Discovered Brightest Supernova Ever Observed
An international team of astronomers including Ohio State Astronomy Professors Krzysztof Stanek, Christopher Kochanek and Todd Thompson, may have discovered the largest supernova ever seen from…
Astronomers Win Top Prizes from American Astronomical Society
Laura Lopez, assistant professor, astronomy, will receive the 2016 Annie Jump Cannon Award for outstanding research by early-career female astronomers (an astronomer within five years of receiving…
Neutrinos lead to unexpected discovery in basic math
John Beacom, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Astronomy, "Neutrinos lead to unexpected discovery in basic math," Quanta Magazine, Nov. 13
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…