Department of Astronomy
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Awards and Honors, Research
New multi-institution hub to explore nuclear physics and cosmic mergers
Simulation of neutron stars merging
Faculty Announcements
Miguel Mostafá appointed director of the Center for Multimessenger Astrophysics
Miguel Mostafa
Research
First detection of light echoes from behind a black hole
Illustration of X-ray flare and echoes from supermassive black hole
Research
Needle in a haystack: Finding planetary nebulae in distant galaxies
Helix nebula
Research
From the Sun to the stars
Portion of the solar spectrum from NEID
Research
Celebrating IceCube’s first decade of discovery
Logo for IceCube anniversary
Faculty Announcements
Randall McEntaffer named head of Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Randall McEntaffer
Research
Elusive mergers of black holes with neutron stars confirmed for first time
illustration of blue neutron star merging into black hole, with colorful swirls surrounding it
Awards and Honors, Student Stories
Penn State senior earns Astronaut Scholarship supporting STEM research careers
Owen Chase outside
Research
The give and take of mega-flares from stars
Two images containing some of the thousands of stars from a new survey by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
Research
New X-ray map reveals the growing supermassive black holes in next-generation survey fields
XMM-Newton image of the 3.2-square-degree ELAIS-S1 field
Awards and Honors
Penn State led NEID team receives NASA Group Achievement Award
The WYIN telescope