A new NSF grant to LIGO will support development of software and services to discover gravitational waves in real time.
Physical Sciences
$3.4 million NSF grant aims to make LIGO multimessenger discoveries commonplace
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New multi-institution hub to explore nuclear physics and cosmic mergers
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A new nuclear physics center that includes Penn State researchers will explore the cosmic mergers of neutron stars and hot dense matter.
Dayna Patterson Receives Winifred Burks-Houck Graduate Leadership Award
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First detection of light echoes from behind a black hole
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Researchers report the first-ever recordings of X-ray emission from the far side of a black hole.
Needle in a haystack: Finding planetary nebulae in distant galaxies
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Planetary nebula detected in distant galaxies by MUSE could help astronomers measure cosmic distances and determine the Hubble constant
From the Sun to the stars
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Penn State's NEID spectrometer officially begins it's planet-finding mission while also collect spectra from the Sun.
Celebrating IceCube’s first decade of discovery
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Randall McEntaffer named head of Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Randall McEntaffer has been named the new head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, effective August 1, 2021
Normal brain growth curves for children developed
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Penn State researchers have developed normalized growth curve charts for the brain.
National Institutes of Health funds neural engineering graduate training program
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