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Health Professions Overview-zoom
Add to Calendar 2023-08-24T16:00:00 2023-08-24T17:00:00 UTC Health Professions Overview-zoom
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NASA’s Webb identifies tiniest free-floating brown dwarf
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Central portion of the star cluster IC 348 with three brown dwarfs shown

Astronomers have identified the new record-holder for the smallest object that forms like a star: a tiny, free-floating brown dwarf.

Discovery of planet too big for its sun throws off solar system formation models
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illustration of huge planet next to small sun in background
Earth-like planets could form even in the harshest environments, study reports
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illustration of nebula with bright star in corner and ring of dust

New study using the James Webb Space Telescope studied planet-forming disks that experience harsh ultraviolet radiation from nearby stars. 

Alexander Wolszczan named Atherton Professor
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alex wolszczan standing in front of radio telescope

Evan Pugh Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics will retire Dec. 31

Second-most distant galaxy discovered using James Webb Space Telescope
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composite image of pandora's cluster with two insets

The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed have been discovered in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster.

2023 Staff Appreciation Ceremony
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José Ponte-Cordova and Jessie Sorensen, hosts of the 2023 Staff Appreciation Ceremony.

The Eberly College of Science held its annual Halloween-themed Staff Appreciation Ceremony on October 30, 2023.

Eberly College of Science Spring Career Fair

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Eberly College of Science Spring Career Fair
Add to Calendar 2024-01-31T16:00:00 2024-01-31T19:00:00 UTC Eberly College of Science Spring Career Fair
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Peering into the Maelstrom: the Broad Line Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei

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Peering into the Maelstrom: the Broad Line Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei
Add to Calendar 2023-12-05T17:00:00 2023-12-05T18:00:00 UTC Peering into the Maelstrom: the Broad Line Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei Davey Laboratory 538
Event Series: Astronomy Lunch Talk

Fully Fluorinated Non-Carbon Compounds NF3 and SF6 as Ideal Technosignature Gases

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Fully Fluorinated Non-Carbon Compounds NF3 and SF6 as Ideal Technosignature Gases
Add to Calendar 2023-11-16T17:00:00 2023-11-16T18:00:00 UTC Fully Fluorinated Non-Carbon Compounds NF3 and SF6 as Ideal Technosignature Gases Davey Laboratory 538
Event Series: PSETI Seminar
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