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NASA's Chandra Shows Milky Way is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas, Smita Mathur Quoted (Prof of Astronomy, CCAPP/OSU)
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years. The…
CCAPP Faculty Answer Astronomy Questions at the 5th Annual GRASP Summer Camp
The annual GRASP (Girls Reaching to Achieve in Sports and Physics) Summer Camp, hosted by the Ohio State University Department of Physics Undergraduate Studies Office in coordination with physics…
2011 AAAS Fellows Announced
Arts and Sciences Faculty Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Seven Arts and Sciences faculty members join a distinguished group of colleagues…
Astrophysicists Shine Bright with Award - The 2011 Rossi Prize
The American Astronomical Society's High Energy Astrophysics Division has awarded a prestigious prize to eight Ohio State scientists. All are part of the research team for the Large Area Telescope…
Ohio State Researchers Use Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope to Explain How Universe Works
Researchers at Ohio State are using the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope to locate gamma ray bursts, the most energetic objects in the universe. Learn how their observations are being used to help…
Symposium Public Lecture Feature Featured in OnCampus
The space shuttle program may be drawing to a close, but science aboard the International Space Station (ISS) isn't slowing down, according to ISS Program Manager Julia Robinson.
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JSG Awarded Einstein Fellowship
2011
CCAPP is very proud to announce that CCAPP postdoc Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins has been awarded a prestigious Einstein Fellowship which she plans to take to Cal Tech. Jenny was one of 10…
CCAPP Postdoc Wins INSA Award
CCAPP Postdoc B. Dasgupta is 1 of 30 scientists to win the 2011 Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientists Award. He is being recognized for his discovery of unusual and interesting…
2011 CCAPP Price Prize Winners Announced
The Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize of the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) is supported by generous gifts from Steve Price and Jill Levy, and is named after Steve…