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Upcoming Events

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Sat, October 24, 2026
Event Start Time: 11:00 am
Event Location: West Campus Quad near Byrd Polar and Carmack Lots
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Tue, October 27, 2026
Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom
Terrestrial Exoplanet
Thu, October 29, 2026
Event Start Time: 3:00 pm
Event Location: Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom
Artists rendering of two planets orbiting a distant star
Fri, October 30, 2026
Event Start Time: 11:30 am
Event Location: Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Recent News

The IceCube Laboratory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica
By John F. Beacom

Ohio State professor breaks down science behind the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.

On Oct. 6, the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin) …

By Tatyana Woodall

New observations regarding the composition of distant galaxies reveal insights into the earliest phases of the universe that confirm decades of scientific understanding of the elements and…

Gamma Ray Burst
By Tatyana Woodall

In a new study, a team of astronomers has identified wavelengths of light that could be useful for tracing the chemical evolution of the universe.

Using computational modeling to simulate…

Artists image of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope
By Tatyana Woodall

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches this week with a field of view large enough to unravel some of the universe’s most mysterious puzzles.

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