Public Astronomy Presentation on Other Worlds Set for August 16
Public Astronomy Presentation on Other Worlds Set for August 16
Record-Breaking X-ray Blast Briefly Blinds Space Observatory
Credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler
Newborn Stars Discovered in Dark Cosmic Cloud
A dark, wispy cloud of dust seems to billow out from a bright explosion in this false-color image in infrared light from the Spitzer Space Telescope. These views have revealed that the mystery cloud, called M17 SWex, is forming stars at a furious rate but has not yet spawned the most massive stars -- O stars. To the left, on the trailing end of the dark cloud, such mammoth O stars create a dramatic contrast of brilliant light near the image's center. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Povich (Penn State)
Peter Mészáros Elected a Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Peter Mészáros Elected a Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Survey Reveals Many Thousands of Supermassive Black Holes
SDSS aerial view
Peter Mészáros Elected as a 2010 American Academy Fellow
Peter Mészáros Elected a Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion: Chandra image released by team including Penn State astronomer
X-ray Credit: (NASA/CXC/Penn State/S.Park et al.); Optical Credit: NASA/STScI/UIUC/Y.H.Chu & R.Williams et al
New Type of Exploding Star Discovered: May Reveal a Source of Calcium and Positrons
The exploding system is composed of two compact white dwarf stars, the dying embers left from the cores of stars similar to the Sun. Credit: Avishay Gal-Yam; Weizmann Institute of Science
Penn State Science Proposes the Explorarium, a Digital Planetarium Concept at the Arboretum at Penn State
Crab Nebula
Satellite Has Found 500 of the Most Gigantic Explosions in the Universe
Credit: NASA/Swift/Francis Reddy
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