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A Swift Kick to the Career Path

Cosmic Explosion Could Be Black Hole Swallowing Neutron Star

Scientists Find Possible Birth of Tiniest Known Solar System

Awards and Honors, Research

Swift Satellite Hailed as "Best of What's New" in Popular Science

Awards and Honors, Student Stories

Penn State Astrophysics Major Chosen as Marshall Scholar

Short Flash from Enormous Explosion Solves Cosmic Mystery

NASA Satellite, Controlled by Penn State, Detects Most Distant Explosion

South African Telescope, Patterned After Hobby-Eberly Telescope, Sees First Light

Trumpler 14: Bright Young Stars Mix It Up

NASA'S Swift Satellite Finds Newborn Black Holes

Scientists Measure How Deep "Deep Impact" Was, With X-rays

Scientists Watch Black Hole Born in Split-Second Light Flash