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An End to Modernity by Josiah Elheny
Designed in collaboration with CCAPP scientist David Weinberg, McElheny's sculpture traces the 14 billion year history of the expanding universe. The central aluminum sphere, lamps, and glass…
The DES Cluster Finder Comparison Meeting
June 2008
The Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) at The Ohio State University (OSU) is holding The DES Cluster Finder Comparison Meeting in Columbus, Ohio on May 22-24…
GLAST Launch Blog
June 11, 2008
[NASA will provide] live coverage of the countdown to launch of the Delta II carrying the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) will begin right here about two hours…
Special Public Lecture
March 18th, 2008
On Monday, March 24, CCAPP will host a special public lecture by Joel R…
Hayes Graduate Research Forum Winners
2007
Graduate students Greg Mack and Luke Corwin were the first and second place winners, respectively, in the Math and Physical Sciences section of the 2007 Edward F. Hayes Graduate…
OSU Joins the Search for Dark Energy
2007
OSU has been accepted as an Institutional Member in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Collaboration. DES (www.darkenergysurvey.org) is a multifaceted effort designed to determine the…
CCAPP's Paul Martini sends greetings from the LBT
2007
To the left is a color composite of last month's observation of Abell 611, created by combining all of the u,g,r data and the strong, blue arc near the cluster center looks absolutely…
The Ohio State University Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics to Share $20M Exploration of Space Endowment
November 2007
The Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), based on a joint proposal with the Department of Astronomy, will share roughly half of a $20M Exploration of Space…
Auger Observatory Closes in on Long Standing Mystery, Links Highest Energy Cosmic Rays with Violent Black Holes
Scientists of the Pierre Auger Collaboration announced today (8 Nov. 2007) that active galactic nuclei are the most likely candidate for the source of the highest energy cosmic rays that hit Earth…