Physical Sciences

A New Year's Gift from NASA and Penn State
One of the first targets for the Swift observatory's stellar survey was the giant cluster Omega Centauri, which hosts millions of stars and may be the remains of a small galaxy. Credit for image on left: NASA/Swift/S. Holland (GSFC), M. Siegel and E. Fonseca (PSU) Credit for image on right: A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory. Captured by the VST ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM.
The Beginning of Everything: A New Paradigm Shift for the Infant Universe
Diagram showing evolution of the Universe according to the new paradigm of Loop Quantum Origins, developed by scientists at Penn State University and published on 11 December 2012 as an "Editor's Suggestion" paper in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. Image source: P. Singh Physics 5, 142 (2012). Image credit: Alan Stonebraker. For re-use requests, contact APS.
How Stars Look Young When They're Not: The Secret of Aging Well
Image gallery of 12 globular clusters ranked in order of increasing dynamical age as measured from the observed radial distribution of their blue straggler stars. Credit: F. Ferraro (UniBO)
New Tool Is Probing the Structure of the Milky Way's Heart
An artist's impression of what the Milky Way might look like viewed from above. Credit: Jordan Raddick (Johns Hopkins University) and Gail Zasowski (The Ohio State University / University of Virginia). Milky Way artist's concept by NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech).
Samarth Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Samarth Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Flexible Silicon Solar-Cell Fabrics May Soon Become Possible
John Badding's research is featured on the cover of the journal Advanced Materials.
Lear Awarded 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant
Benjamin Lear
The Great Space Coaster: Expansion of the Universe Now Measured in an Era before Dark Energy Takes Over
An illustration showing how SDSS-III was able to measure the distant universe. CREDIT: Zosia Rostomian, LBNL; Nic Ross, BOSS Lyman-alpha team, LBNL; and Springel et al, Virgo Consortium and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Showalter Receives the Inaugural Eastern Analytical Society New Faculty Award in NMR Spectroscopy
Showalter Receives the Inaugural Eastern Analytical Society New Faculty Award in NMR Spectroscopy
When cosmic rays and Earth collide
Artistic impression of cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere. Credit: CERN/Asimmetrie/Infn.
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