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Gravitational forces in protoplanetary disks may push super-Earths close to their stars

LIGO and Virgo Detect Neutron Star Smash-Ups

First ever open public alerts from LIGO: Two probable black-hole mergers spotted in first weeks after gravitational-wave detector is updated

A new signal for a neutron star collision discovered

Wright named recipient of SETI Institute's 2019 Drake Award

Alumni gifts to fund Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center

Discovery of Planets Around Cool Stars

"The Ghost Particle: A new tool for deep-space discoveries" a free public lecture on February 16

"Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves" a free public lecture on February 9

"The Quantum Universe in the Planck Era and Beyond" a free public lecture on February 2

"Discovery of Pulsars: A Graduate Student's Story" a free lecture for the public on January 26

Stellar winds, the source material for the universe, are clumpy