Celebrating IceCube’s first decade of discovery
Logo for IceCube anniversary
Randall McEntaffer named head of Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Randall McEntaffer

Randall McEntaffer has been named the new head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, effective August 1, 2021

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

For the first time, a research team including Penn State astronomers have detected a collision between a black hole and a neutron star.

Penn State senior earns Astronaut Scholarship supporting STEM research careers
Owen Chase outside

Penn State astronomy undergraduate Owen Chase has received an Astronaut scholarship.

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

Largest survey of star-forming regions using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory clarifies the relationships between star flares and planets

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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

Penn State astronomers lead X-ray survey mapping supermassive black holes using the ESA’s XMM-Newton space observatory

Penn State led NEID team receives NASA Group Achievement Award
The WYIN telescope
Mapping the local cosmic web
Map of dark matter in the local universe

A new map of dark matter in the local universe reveals several previously undiscovered structures connecting galaxies.

Eric Hudson named 2021 Penn State Teaching Fellow
Eric Hudson

Eric Hudson has been named a 2021 Penn State Teaching Fellow.

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