Inside the most powerful explosions: Discoveries pave the way for next-generation neutrino telescopes
In the most common type of gamma-ray burst, illustrated here, a dying massive star forms a black hole (left), which drives a particle jet into space. Light across the spectrum arises from hot gas near the progenitor star, from collisions within the jet, and through the jet's interaction with its surroundings. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeong honored with Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the Association of Korean Physicists in America
Donghui Jeong
Penn State Science Students Selected to Study at CERN
Stephanie Brown, left, and Melissa Quinnan, right, were selected to participate in the University of Michigan's CERN Summer REU.
Research in Action: NSF Grant Helps to Further the Search for Earthlike Exoplanets
Jason Wright
New science from Einstein's greatest discovery is the theme of the 2015 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science
Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science logo
Huge New Astronomy Database Now Available to the Public
Click on the image for a high-resolution version. A still photo from an animated flythrough of the universe using SDSS data. This image shows our Milky Way Galaxy. The galaxy shape is an artist's conception, and each of the small white dots is one of the hundreds of thousands of stars as seen by the SDSS. Image credits: Dana Berry / SkyWorks Digital, Inc. and Jonathan Bird (Vanderbilt University)
Gilliland is Part of Team that Wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Ronald Gilliland
Four Alumni Honored with Penn State's Outstanding Science Alumni Award
The Alumni with Dean Dan Larson
NASA's Swift Satellite Marks 10 Years of Game-changing Astrophysics: Mission Control Is at Penn State
In the most common type of gamma-ray burst, illustrated here, a dying massive star forms a black hole (left), which drives a particle jet into space. Light across the spectrum arises from hot gas near the black hole, collisions within the jet, and through the jet's interaction with its surroundings. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Installs New Telescope in Rooftop Observatory
Christopher Palma, senior lecturer in astronomy and astrophysics, poses next to the new telescope, which was recently installed in the Davey Laboratory rooftop observatory.
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