Now There's an App for NASA's Swift Observatory
A screenshot showing the Swift app interface.
Record-Breaking Photo Reveals a Planet-sized Object as Cool as the Earth
Credit: Janella Williams
Keegan McCoy Receives USRA Education Award
John Nousek, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and director of the Swift Satellite Mission Operations Center; Keegan McCoy; and Larry Ramsey, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and Keegan's research supervisor.
Penn State Awarded $3.3 Million to Build Instrument for Finding Planets in Habitable Zones Around Nearby Stars
Credit: Marty Harris/McDonald Obs./UT-Austin
Distant Black Hole Discovered Devouring a Sun-like Star
Images from Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical (white, purple) and X-Ray telescopes (yellow and red) were combined to make this view of Swift J1644+57. Evidence of flares is seen only in the X-ray image, a 3.4-hour exposure taken on March 28, 2011. Credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler
Donald Schneider Appointed as Head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Donald Schneider Appointed as Head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ramsey Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gemini Observatory
Ramsey Appointed an Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar at Penn State
Cosmic Explosion is New Candidate for Most Distant Object in the Universe
Credit: Gemini Observatory / AURA / Levan, Tanvir, Cucchiara
Nearby Supernova Factory Turns On
This large Chandra image shows the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the Milky Way a mere 7,500 light years from Earth. Chandra's sharp X-ray vision has detected over 14,000 stars in this region, revealed a diffuse X-ray glow, and provided strong evidence that massive stars have already self-destructed in this nearby supernova factory. Credit: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
Graduating Senior Studies the Shadows of Galaxies
Nigel Mathes will graduate this May with a B.S. in astronomy and astrophysics and over two years of research experience.
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