Penn State Ranked in Top 5 for Astrophysics Research
Credit: NASA Penn State plays a major role in the design and operation of NASA's Swift satellite, which is discovering titanic explosive events billions of light-years from Earth.
Mercedes Richards Receives Musgrave Gold Medal
Mercedes Richards
Nearby Supernova Discovered, Among the Brightest Ever in X Rays
Nearby Supernova Discovered, Among the Brightest Ever in X Rays
"Naked-Eye" Gamma-Ray Burst Was Aimed Squarely at Earth
This artist's concept shows the "naked-eye" GRB close up. Observations suggest material shot outward in a two-component jet (white and green beams). Credit: NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith and John Jones
Laguna Elected to Mexican National Academy of Sciences
New Map Locates Metals in Millions of Milky Way Stars
The new metallicity map, shown as the colored inset, indicates that the disk is composed of high-metallicity stars that typically are just a few billion years old (red and yellow shades). Credit: Zeljko Ivezic, University of Washington, SDSS-II Collaboration
A Slimmer Milky Way Revealed by New Measurements
The visible, stellar part of our Milky Way in the middle is embedded into its much more massive and more extended dark matter halo, indicated in dim red. Credit: Axel Quetz, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (Heidelberg), SDSS-II Collaboration
Heart of the Crab Pulsar Probed — First Direct Look Into the Core of a Neutron Star
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Gehrz (University of Minnesota) New information about the heart of one of the most famous objects in the sky -- the Crab Pulsar in the Crab Nebula -- has been revealed by an international team of scientists searching for gravitational waves. The team's achievement also is the first direct look into the interior of a neutron star.
NASA's Swift Satellite Catches First "Normal" Supernova in the Act of Exploding
Seemingly out of nowhere, Supernova 2008D burst onto the scene on January 9, 2008, as seen in ultraviolet images (upper right) and X-ray images (beneath) taken by NASA's Swift satellite, giving scientists the unique opportunity to witness the birth of a supernova. CREDIT: NASA Swift team.
Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare
illustration credit: Casey Reed/NASA An artist's illustration of EV Lacertae, which produced the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than our Sun on 25 April 2008.
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