Physical Sciences

John Badding awarded Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement
John Badding
A First: Exoplanet smaller than Earth gets its size and mass measured
The planetary system harboring Kepler-138b, the first exoplanet smaller than Earth with both it mass and size measured. In this artist's conception, the sizes of the planets relative to the star have been exaggerated. Credit: Danielle Futselaar, SETI Institute
Mercedes Richards elected Councilor of American Astronomical Society
Mercedes Richards
MINERVA Telescope Array Dedicated in Ceremony on Mount Hopkins
A view of the MINERVA telescope array and MINERVA-Red on Mount Hopkins.
Booker named an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Squire Booker
Astrobiology students explore alien environment on Earth
Penn State astrobiology students examine a sulfidic cave in Italy where white biofilm grows on the walls. Credit: Kyle Rybacki
Schreyer Scholar credited with co-discovery of new pulsar: Never-before-seen star found during NSF-funded educational outreach program
Artist’s impression of pulsar PSR J1930-1852 in orbit around a companion neutron star. Discovered by a team of high school students, including current Schreyer Scholar Cecilia McGough, this pulsar has the widest orbit ever observed around another neutron star. Image: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
Physics major Jacob Wisser awarded a Goldwater Scholarship
Jacob Wisser
Mallouk elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences
Tom Mallouk
Peter Hohman to Represent Penn State's Eberly College of Science as Student Marshal at Spring Commencement 2015
Student Marshal
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