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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…
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…
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…
Kurzgesagt — In a Nutshell: The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison
In its video comparing the sizes of black holes, the popular science YouTube channel “Kurzgesagt — In a Nutshell” featured the recently discovered black hole “The Unicorn,” detected by a team of…
All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN)
The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), an Ohio State-led automated telescope network that observes the entire sky every night, recently received a combined $3 million in funding,…
Pogge Named 2021 ASC Distinguished Professor
The College of Arts and Sciences is thrilled to announce its 2021 Distinguished Professor Awards. This award serves to honor full professor colleagues who have excelled in teaching, service and…
Ohio State plays crucial role in new Dark Energy Survey results
Ohio State’s Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (CCAPP) is currently home to three postdoctoral fellows who were involved heavily in the DES project — Ami Choi, …
An unprecedented survey of the ‘nurseries’ where stars are born
Astronomers have taken a big step forward in understanding the dark and violent places where stars are born.
“Every star in the sky, including our own sun, was born in one of these stellar…
New evidence of how and when the Milky Way came together
By calculating the age of stars in our interstellar backyard, CCAPP astronomers Fiorenzo Vincenzo and Mathieu Vrard have provided the best evidence to date of the…