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Awards and Honors

International Astronomical Union Elects Mercedes Richards President of Commission on Close Binary Stars

New Black Hole Discovered in Our Galaxy

Faculty Announcements

Case of Missing Quasar Gas Clouds Now Solved

Video: Penn State Astronomer Christopher Palma Explains the Science Behind the Question "What Time is It?"

First Evidence Discovered of Planet's Destruction by Its Star

Penn State Scientists Participate in the Construction of the Largest Three-Dimensional Map of the Universe

National Science Board Recommends Giant Survey Telescope

Awards and Honors

Wolszczan Awarded Frombork Gold Medal

Nearby Star Cluster, Long Forgotten, Now Discovered to Be Useful in Studies of Sun and Search for Planets Like Earth

Launch on 13 June Planned for Space Mission to Investigate High-Powered X-Rays

Hobby-Eberly Telescope Measures Masses of Two Stars with One Orbiting Planet

Student Stories

Astronomy Graduate Student Wins National FameLab Astrobiology Competition