Department of Astronomy
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Awards and Honors
Rebekah Dawson awarded 2020 Harold C. Urey Prize
Rebekah Dawson
Research
A warm Jupiter orbiting a cool star
NASA's TESS panorama showing location of TOI-1899 star
Research
Debris from stellar explosion not slowed after 400 years
Chandra X-ray image of the Kepler supernova remnant
Research
A “bang” in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet
Artist's impression of colliding black holes
Research
A young sub-Neptune-sized planet sheds light onto how planets form and evolve
Artist impression of planet K2-25b
Research
Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique “bang” in simulations
Simulation of neutron stars merging
Research
No need to mind the gap
SDSS map of the universe
Awards and Honors
David Radice named recipient of DOE Early Career Award
David Radice
Awards and Honors, Student Stories
Two graduate students recognized for their research by the International Astronomical Union
IAU logo
Research
Excess neutrinos and missing gamma rays?
Galaxy NGC 1068 with its active black hole shown as an illustration in the zoomed-in inset
Research
Penn State-IBM partnership accelerates search for elusive neutrinos
A flaring supermassive black hole 3.7 billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion is the suspected source of a super-high-energy subatomic particle -- a neutrino -- that has launched a new era of space research. Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State
Awards and Honors, Research
Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center researcher Jason Wright awarded NASA grant to look for signatures of alien technology
Illustration of planets orbiting a star