"Cosmic Whistle" Packs a Surprisingly Energetic Punch
Discovery of the gamma-ray counterpart to FRB 131104, in wide-angle and zoomed-in views of Swift gamma-ray data. Credit: J. J. DeLaunay, Penn State University.
Three Alumni Honored with Penn State's Outstanding Science Alumni Award
RNA, gravitational waves focus of two new grants
Swift telescope detects slowest-spinning neutron star
Composite photo of the slowest spinning neutron star discovered so far (9-2016): background stars photographed in optical wavelengths; colorful cloud is the supernova remnant RCW 103, photographed in X-ray wavelengths, with the white neutron star at its center. Image credit: X-ray:NASA/CXC/University of Amsterdam/N.Rea et al; Optical:Digital Sky Survey
Record-breaking map of 1.2-million galaxies now ready to reveal secrets of dark energy
This image shows one slice through the map of the large-scale structure of the universe from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and its Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. Image credit: Daniel Eisenstein and SDSS-III
AstroFest 2016 is Four Evenings of Astronomy Activities and Stargazing During Arts Festival
AstroFest T-shirt Design
Fastest-spinning brown-dwarf star is detected by its bursts of radio waves
An artist's impression of a brown dwarf star. Credit: R. Hurt/NASA.
New gravitational-wave finder scores again
Aerial view of the LIGO gravitational wave detector in Livingston, Louisiana. Credit: LIGO.
New Faculty: June 2016
SJ June 2016 hero - nittany lion with gravity wave illustration
The Eberly College of Science at the Frontier of Gravitational Wave Research
Science Journal June 2016 cover with gravitational waves
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