Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
SolarFest offers April 8 eclipse viewing, science activities
January 16, 2024
NASA’s Webb telescope identifies tiniest free-floating brown dwarf
December 13, 2023
Penn State Astronomer Alexander Wolszczan named Atherton Professor
November 14, 2023
Spotting the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded
March 28, 2023
Rare cosmic explosion blasts hole in established science
December 07, 2022
Tracing the origins of rare, cosmic explosions
November 21, 2022
Bright light from early universe 'opens new chapter in astronomy'
November 17, 2022
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope reaches 25th anniversary milestone
October 20, 2022
New space station experiment TIGERISS will probe origins of elements
September 08, 2022
NASA selects STAR-X for $3M mission concept study
August 29, 2022
Heard on Campus: SETI Symposium media panel
July 08, 2022
Radice awarded 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
February 15, 2022
Sloan Digital Sky Survey’s robots turn their eyes to the sky
January 27, 2022
Quasars, black holes, and a cosmological conundrum
January 17, 2022
A Mars-sized planet orbiting extremely close to its host star
December 17, 2021
Coronal rain on a cold star?
December 17, 2021
Newly discovered gas giant moving closer to its star
October 12, 2021
Uncovering galaxies buried in dust at the cosmic dawn
September 23, 2021
Gamma-rays and neutrinos from mellow supermassive black holes
September 23, 2021
Early, massive galaxies running on empty
September 22, 2021
Penn State astrophysicist to lead $5.8 million NASA CubeSat mission
September 13, 2021
NASA approves $4 million in funding for Penn State led ATHENA consortium
September 09, 2021
Astronomy graduate alumnus receives Robert J. Trumpler Award
August 25, 2021
SolarFest offers April 8 eclipse viewing, science activities
January 16, 2024
NASA’s Webb telescope identifies tiniest free-floating brown dwarf
December 13, 2023
Penn State Astronomer Alexander Wolszczan named Atherton Professor
November 14, 2023
Spotting the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded
March 28, 2023
Rare cosmic explosion blasts hole in established science
December 07, 2022
Tracing the origins of rare, cosmic explosions
November 21, 2022
Bright light from early universe 'opens new chapter in astronomy'
November 17, 2022
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope reaches 25th anniversary milestone
October 20, 2022
New space station experiment TIGERISS will probe origins of elements
September 08, 2022
NASA selects STAR-X for $3M mission concept study
August 29, 2022
Heard on Campus: SETI Symposium media panel
July 08, 2022
Radice awarded 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
February 15, 2022
Sloan Digital Sky Survey’s robots turn their eyes to the sky
January 27, 2022
Quasars, black holes, and a cosmological conundrum
January 17, 2022
A Mars-sized planet orbiting extremely close to its host star
December 17, 2021
Coronal rain on a cold star?
December 17, 2021
Newly discovered gas giant moving closer to its star
October 12, 2021
Uncovering galaxies buried in dust at the cosmic dawn
September 23, 2021
Gamma-rays and neutrinos from mellow supermassive black holes
September 23, 2021
Early, massive galaxies running on empty
September 22, 2021
Penn State astrophysicist to lead $5.8 million NASA CubeSat mission
September 13, 2021
NASA approves $4 million in funding for Penn State led ATHENA consortium
September 09, 2021
Astronomy graduate alumnus receives Robert J. Trumpler Award
August 25, 2021
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