Largest-Ever 3-D Map of the Distant Universe is Revealed
A zoomed-in view of a small 2-D section of the new 3-D map of intergalactic hydrogen gas in the distant universe. Red areas have more gas; blue areas have less gas. The black scalebar at the bottom right measures one-billion light years. Credit: SDSS
Penn State Astronomy Student's Background in Music Helps him Appreciate the Beauty of Space
2010 Penn State graduate Emmanuel Fonseca
Penn State Students Blow Bubbles in the Milky Way
Bubbles blown by newly formed stars float in the Milky Way. Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Povich (Penn State)
Largest Color Image of the Sky Ever Made is Released by Team that Includes Penn State Astronomers
This illustration shows the wealth of information on scales both small and large available in the SDSS-III's new image. Credit: M. Blanton and the SDSS-III
Penn State Participates in the Release of The Largest Color Image of the Sky Ever Made
This illustration shows the wealth of information on scales both small and large available in the SDSS-III's new image. Credit: M. Blanton and the SDSS-III
Six College of Science Faculty Members Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Martin Bollinger Jr., Donald Bryant, Hong Ma, James Rosenberger, and Alex Wolszczan
At South Pole, World's Most Extreme Scientific Construction Project
IceCube
Undergraduate Researcher Watches Baby Galaxies Grow Up
Christopher Wolf, a Penn state astronomy major, looked back into the early universe to find and study baby galaxies.
Penn State Joins Major Astronomical Survey
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey's 2.5-meter telescope at the Apache Point Observatory in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico is on the left. Credit: SDSS.
Japanese and U.S. Space Telescopes Reveal Previously Unknown Brilliant X-Ray Explosion in Our Milky Way Galaxy
Credit: JAXA/RIKEN/MAXI team
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