Physical Sciences

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
Kluskiewicz to Represent Penn State's Eberly College of Science as Student Marshal at Spring Commencement 2010
Kluskiewicz to Represent Penn State's Eberly College of Science as Student Marshal at Spring Commencement 2010
Thomas Mallouk Named Evan Pugh Professor
Tom Mallouk
Penn State Science Proposes the Explorarium, a Digital Planetarium Concept at the Arboretum at Penn State
Crab Nebula
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