Physical Sciences

Astronomers find unexpected accelerating quasar winds around distant black hole
Illustration of supermassive black hole with quasar wind, with inset spectra.

Astronomers have used eight years of SDSS observations to discover unexpected changes in the winds surrounding a distant black hole.

How do supermassive black holes get super massive?
Combined X-ray and optical observations on left and simulated gas column density on right, with inset of artist's impression of active supermassive black hole

Astronomers combine X-ray observations with supercomputer simulations to provide best modeling of the growth of supermassive black holes.

Penn State professor awarded $110,000 research grant from the American Chemical Society
Danielle Hickey
Fifth quadrennial Whitmore Lecture on Chemistry Education and Public Policy to be held June 7
John Warner sitting at table
$4M NASA grants to support UV and X-ray astronomy
Fabien Grisé and Jake McCoy
Q&A with Penn State alumna and NASA astrophysicist Jane Rigby
Jane Rigby
Réka Albert named Evan Pugh University Professor
Reka Albert
Kayla Hauer named 2024 Department of Chemistry Commencement Marshal
Kayla Hauer
Fifteen Eberly students offered graduate funding from National Science Foundation
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Making light ‘feel’ a magnetic field like an electron would
Scanning electron microscope image of a strained photonic crystal
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