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A depiction of the black holes influencing this concert.

Into The Void: A Journey into a Black Hole for Orchestra and an Astrophysicist

On November 6th, join the Central Ohio Symphony and CCAPP Paul Sutter in Delaware, Ohio for Into the Void: A Journey into a Black Hole for Orchestra and an Astrophysicist. This concert…

"Particles Unknown" PBS NOVA

Nova: Particles Unknown

Michael Stamatikos, PhD, is part of the collaboration for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive astroparticle physics experiment located at the South Pole. Stamatikos' work will be featured…

Engaged Scholars: Michael Stamatikos

Engaged Scholars: Michael Stamatikos

Engaged Scholars is a monthly series highlighting Ohio State faculty who have made an impact in our communities through their community-engaged research and teaching. Photo:…

Particle tracks from a low-energy collision of a gold ion with a fixed gold target in the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) help scientists map the transition of ordinary nuclear matter to a hot soup of free quarks and gluons.

Evidence of first-order phase change in nuclear matter

New evidence suggests protons and neutrons go through a “first-order” phase transition — a kind of stop-and-go change in temperature — when they “melt.” This is similar to how ice melts: energy…

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive astroparticle physics experiment located at the South Pole

Faculty member's collaboration with physics experiment featured in documentaries

Michael Stamatikos, PhD, is part of the collaboration for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive astroparticle physics experiment located at the South Pole. Their work is featured in two…

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2021 Price Prize Winners Announced

CCAPP is proud to announce Erin Kado-Fong (Princeton) and Kaeli Hughes (Chicago) as the winners of the 2021 Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics!

Erin’s research focuses on…

The 2019 members of the Polaris Mentoring Program

OSU Physics Department recognizes awardees for Exceptional Mentoring

This year, the OSU Physics Department launched an award for Exceptional Mentoring to recognize students and post-doctorates who have gone above and beyond in mentoring students in the physics…

Annika Peter, Ami Choi, Marcela Hernandez

Ami Choi selected for Postdoctoral Service Award

CCAPP Fellow Ami Choi was surprised today in the Cosmology Lunch group meeting by Marcela Hernandez, Administrative Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, who came to announce that Ami…

Ohio State illustration by Lauren Fanfer

Exploring the diet of blackholes

Tharindu Jayasinghe, a doctoral astronomy student, and Todd Thompson, interim chair and professor of astronomy, join Cincinnati Public Radio to discuss how their recent discovery of a black hole…