Physical Sciences

Penn State Graduate Student Featured Today at NASA Televised Press Conference
Scientists Create 'Molecular Rulers' Enabling Precise Construction of Nanoscale Structures
Scientists Discover Supernova May Control Activity in the Center of Our Galaxy
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Scientists Discover Supernova May Control Activity in the Center of Our Galaxy
Simultaneous Stellar Explosions Create Swiss-Cheese Structure in Distant Galaxy
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Simultaneous Stellar Explosions Create Swiss-Cheese Structure in Distant Galaxy
X-rays from the Most Distant Quasar Captured with the XMM-Newton Satellite
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European Space Agency (ESA)
Chandra Discovers the X-ray Signature of a Powerful Wind from a Galactic Microquasar
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Artist's impression of an X-ray binary system like Circinus X-1.
Flickering Quasar Helps Chandra Measure the Expansion Rate of the Universe
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This figure is a composite of the X-ray image of the gravitational lens RXJ0911.4+551 (top panel) and the light curves of the lensed images A2 (left panel) and A1 (right panel). Chandra clearly resolves the four lensed images of the distant quasar (top panel).
X-ray Snapshots Capture the First Cries of Baby Stars
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X-ray Snapshots Capture the First Cries of Baby Stars
Eberly College of Science Honors Co-Op Students
National Science Foundation Funding Creates Interdisciplinary Research Center at Penn State
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