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A New Way to Measure Cosmic Distances
Ohio State astronomers and researchers using LBT have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible.
Involved in this study is…
Is Our Galaxy Doomed to be Destroyed by Galactic Bombardment?
Ohio State University astronomer Stelios Kazantzidis has performed supercomputer simulations to determine whether collisions with our dwarf galactic neighbors will one day tear apart the disk of…
Excess positrons are linked to Geminga pulsar
Are recently-detected excesses of cosmic electrons and positrons the first direct evidence for the existence of dark matter particles? That has been the hope of many physicists, while others have…
IceCube featured in Columbus Dispatch
May 17, 2009 The IceCube neutrino observatory was featured in the Columbus Dispatch Sunday May 17, 2009. Article includes interview with CCAPP researcher Carsten Rott.
Prof. John Beacom Surprised by President Gee
Prof. John Beacom was awarded the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching with a surprise classroom visit from President Gee on Wednesday, February 25. The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching…
OSU researchers play hide and seek with the universe
2008
Thanks to the new Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, faculty and students are able to ask and answer questions about what the universe is made of and how it has evolved.…
Ohio State joins the IceCube Collaboration
2008
Led by Prof. James Beatty and CCAPP postdocs Carsten Rott and Mike Stamatikos, OSU as joined the IceCube experiment, a 1 cubic km detector that uses the Antarctic ice cap as a high…
Steigman Lectures in Brazil
2008
Gary Steigman recently gave an invited public lecture at the Einstein Exhibit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The talk was sponsored in part by the State of Sao Paulo Funding Agency, FAPESP.
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The Last Scattering Surface
2008
Designed in collaboration with CCAPP scientist David Weinberg, The Last Scattering Surface illustrates cosmic structure at the epoch of recombination and the present day. The…