Making light ‘feel’ a magnetic field like an electron would
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Scanning electron microscope image of a strained photonic crystal
Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time aids search for origin of heavy elements
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illustration of gamma ray burst
Schreyer Scholar finds her home on the ice as leader for curling at Penn State
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Mallory Wickline Award

Mallory Wickline said she would have never believed that she would be leading a No. 1 nationally ranked club sports team.

NASA’s Chandra identifies a black hole whose bark is worse than its bite
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Radio data and X-rays from the quasar H1821+643

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have revealed that a brilliant supermassive black hole is not living up to expectations.

Rockets for Inclusive Science Education
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Randy McEntaffer at the 2023 rise rocket launch event
IceCube identifies seven astrophysical tau neutrino candidates
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View of IceCube Neutrino Observatory at twilight
'Cosmic lighthouses' that cleared primordial fog identified with JWST
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Black and white map of stars from James Webb Space Telescope
Eric Ford awarded New Initiatives grant from Kaufman Foundation
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Eric Ford

The team will develop new methods of analyzing astronomical data with the goal of identifying  Earth-like planets outside our solar system.

Hubble traces ‘string of pearls’ star clusters in galaxy collisions
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image of galaxy with tail-like formation spiraling out of it

Each cluster within a tidal tail can contain as many as a milllion newborn stars.

SolarFest offers April 8 eclipse viewing, science activities
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SolarFest, Tuesday, April 8, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park

The Eberly College of Science is partnering with the State College Spikes to host the SolarFest event at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

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