Physical Sciences

Weiss Named Editor of New Journal and Fellow of American Vacuum Society
Paul Weiss
Maroncelli Named Fellow of AAAS
Mark Maroncelli
Drama in the Heart of the Tarantula
A new image of the Tarantula Nebula was generated by Penn State astronomer Leisa Townsley and her colleagues using the Chandra X-Ray Telescope. Credit: NASA/CXC/Penn State/L. Townsley
Probing Question: What is Nanotechnology?
Scientists Discover New Planet Orbiting Dangerously Close to Giant Star
An artist's impression of a red supergiant engulfing a Jupiter-like planet as it expands. Credit: NASA
C.I. Noll Award Presented to Hanna-Rose and Hopkins
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.
Scott Phillips Wins Dreyfus Foundation's New-Faculty Award
Scott Phillips Receives Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow Award
Mercedes Richards Receives Musgrave Gold Medal
Mercedes Richards
Center for Nanoscale Science Receives $13.2 Million NSF Grant
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