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New Dark Energy Survey Photo Blog
April 2013
What would it be like to peer billions of years into the past, viewing hundreds of millions of galaxies, some billions of light years away? What would it feel like to be part of…
Researchers celebrate 25 years of using bigger, faster servers to solve mysteries of the universe
Chris Orban, an Ohio State University astrophysicist, has used the supercomputer to model theories on how dark matter particles can help form galaxies in an expanding universe. Read Article
Physicist's NSF CAREER Award Assists Search for "Ghost" Particles
Amy Connolly's recent five-year, $650,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help support her search for high-energy neutrinos, a type of elementary particle, traveling at…
Spectroscopy in 60 sec (by Honscheid and Huff)
Spectroscopy is a technique that astronomers use to measure and analyze the hundreds of colors contained in the light emitted by stars, galaxies and other celestial objects.
Ordinary…
A New Phase of CCAPP
CCAPP, its leadership, and its administration have entered a new phase.
From 2006-2011, CCAPP was supported primarily by Targeted Investment in Excellence (TIE) funds won in a university…
An element that's rare on Earth is found far, far away
Tellurium detected for the first time in ancient stars.
Jennifer Johnson, an associate professor of astronomy at Ohio State University, says tellurium has been a "tough" element to detect,…
New DES Camera to Help Solve Mysteries of the Universe in 3D
An international team of more than 120 scientists will take the next step Monday toward solving the mystery of dark energy, one of physics' most perplexing conundrums. The farther an object in the…
Rott appointed a co-conveneer of the IceCube Dark Matter Working Group
Carsten Rott, a CCAPP Senior Fellow, has been appointed a co-convenor of the IceCube Dark Matter Working Group. Carsten will join Carlos de los Heros (Uppsala University) as a co-lead.
The…
Beacom Elected to APS Office
John Beacom, Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), has been elected to a four-year term in the Chair…