Physical Sciences

NASA set to launch Penn State led experiment
Randall McEntaffer, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and of physics at Penn State and principal investigator of WRX, works on the instrument during integration at the NASA Flight Facility. Credit NASA/Berit Bland
Matthews receives 2018 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award
Megan Matthews
Study of climate change could lead to understanding future of infectious disease
"How to Hunt for Signs of Alien Life," a free public lecture on February 24
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Squire Booker selected as Holder of the Eberly Distinguished Chair in Science
Squire Booker
Big black holes outpace their galaxies in growth
An image from the Chandra Deep Field-South (blue, the deepest ever obtained in X-rays) combined with an optical and infrared image from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST; red, green, and blue). Each Chandra source is produced by hot gas falling towards a supermassive black hole in the center of the host galaxy, as depicted in the artist’s illustration.
"What makes a planet habitable?" is a free public lecture on February 17
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"The Birth of Habitable Planets" is a free public lecture on February 10
Rebekah Dawson
Is there life on other planets? Learn the latest research on February 3: "Choose Your Own Adventure: Planet Edition"
Sarah Ballard
"New Tools for Finding the Closest Earth-Like Planets" -- a free public lecture on January 27, 2018
Suvrath Mahadev
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