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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…
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…
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.
An international team of scientists has used machine learning to identify seven rare quasar candidates, according to a new study.
Quasars, distant cores of galaxies powered by supermassive…
The Heising-Simons Foundation is accepting applications for their 2027 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship program in Planetary Astronomy. The fellowship provides an opportunity for…
Graduate student Miqaela Weller has been awarded an Obey Scholarship by the OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Established November 4, 2016, with an estate gift from Fred E. Obey (BS 1951); the…
Prof. Barbara Ryden has been recognized at the inaugural Written in Scarlet and Gray:Faculty Author Showcase on April 16 for her 2025 book Celestial and Stellar Dynamics.
Congratulations to Prof. Chris Kochanek, faculty member in the Department of Astronomy and Ohio Eminent Scholar at The Ohio State University, who has been elected to the National Academy of…
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees. 2,600 Fellowships were awarded this…
The Department of Astronomy is thrilled to announce a clean sweep of the Earth and Beyond category at the 31st Annual Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. This is the…
The Graduate Associate Teaching Award is Ohio State’s highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students serving as Graduate Teaching Associates. GATA winners receive a…
In pursuit of understanding the role dark energy plays in complex physics, researchers have marked completion of a major milestone: successfully surveying the entire target area in the Dark Energy…
Department of Astronomy faculty members Marc Pinsonneault and Barbara Ryden have been awarded the 2026 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award by the American Astronomical Society. The award is for…
Department of Astronomy faculty member Christopher Kochanek (Professor) has been named as a 2026 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society.
Prof. Kochanek has been…
Anusha Pai Asnodkar, a former OSU astronomy graduate student, has been awarded the 2026 Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award in Astrophysics from the American Physical Society. The…
The Department of Astronomy is proud to present the graduating undergraduate class for Autumn 2025!
This is our largest Autumn class ever, with 9 Astro majors, 2 Astro minors graduating on…
Professor Emeritus Gerald (Jerry) Newsom has been honored with a 2025 Ohio State University Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Award was established by the OSU Board of…
The Department of Astronomy congratulates Elvira Cruz-Cruz and Liam Dubay on being recipients of the 2025-26 distinguished Presidential Fellowship from The Ohio State University Graduate School…
The 2026 Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society (APS) has been awareded to Prof. Laura Lopez. This award promotes the participation of underrepresented minorities in physics by…
The Ann S. Tuttle Citizenship, Engagement, and Outreach Prize recognizes the tremendous efforts of grad students to engage the public and community. This prize is given to a current graduate student…
Every year, OSU astronomy graduate students publish about 20 first author papers. The department awards the Ann S. Tuttle Paper Prize to one outstanding graduate student-led paper published during…
The David Will Prize recognizes a student or postdoctoral researcher in astrophysics who is conducting an exceptional research program in computational astronomy, survey astronomy, data science,…
The Markowitz Award is given to a graduate student who is conducting or developing a research program in areas of observational astronomy. The award is made possible by a generous gift from Ohio…
The 2025 Nancy Grace Roman Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) has been awareded to Dr. Laura Lopez. Named for an icon in the history of astronomy research and space…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration has been awarded the 2026 Lancelot M. Berkeley – New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. This…
Stars die and vanish from sight all the time, but astronomers were puzzled when one that had been stable for more than a decade almost disappeared for eight months.
If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the Sculptor galaxy. And…