$8-Million National Science Foundation Grant for International Dark-Energy Project Includes Penn State Scientists
Artist's concept of the upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope. The VIRUS spectrographs are contained in the curved gray "saddlebags" on the side of the telescope. They receive light through the green cables, which contain bundles of fiber-optic lines. This illustration shows the telescope without its enclosing dome. Credit: McDonald Observatory/HETDEX Collaboration
Jacob Howell, Astronomy Major, Explores Mysterious Exploding Stars
Gordon Garmire, Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Retires
Gordon Garmire, Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Retires
Mercedes Richards Receives Fulbright Award
International Astronomical Union Elects Mercedes Richards President of Commission on Close Binary Stars
Penn State Astronomy Places High in National Rankings
Credit: Marty Harris/McDonald Obs./UT-Austin
Probing Question - What is a Near Earth?
Arecibo Radio Telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico; Credit Wikimedia Commons
First Responder: The Swift Satellite
Swift's November 2004 launch from Cape Canaveral.
Atmosphere of Far Worlds Probed with New Technique and Large Telescope
Mahadevan_GTC_telescope
Penn State is Partner in Large Telescope Awarded Top U.S. Priority
Current LSST summit facility design concept is shaped by wind and topography. (Image credit: Arcadis/LSST Corporation)
To the Point: Astronomer discusses NASA's future
To the Point: Astronomer discusses NASA's future
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