Department of Astronomy
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Awards and Honors, Research
Penn State astrophysicist to lead $5.8 million NASA CubeSat mission
Schematic engineering drawing of the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope
Awards and Honors
NASA approves $4 million in funding for Penn State led ATHENA consortium
Artistic view of Athena X-ray observatory
Awards and Honors
Graduate alumnus receives Robert J. Trumpler Award
Gudmundur Kari Stefansson
Research
Astrophysicists, Social Scientists to Probe the Universe’s Deepest Mysteries
Vera Rubin Observatory at twilight
Awards and Honors, Research
$3.4 million NSF grant aims to make LIGO multimessenger discoveries commonplace
Illustration of 2 neutron stars colliding - credit Wikimedia
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