Penn State Eberly College of Science PSU Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics

PSU Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Research from earlier this year is taking off and being recognized by @spacedotcom! David Radice, assistant professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics, whose recent work on neutron stars was published in June, was quoted in this new article. bit.ly/4dGA99U

Our very own Chris Palma, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, joined Accuweather to discuss stargazing after summer. 💫 Check out his segment here: bit.ly/3Zfj7vn

We are hiring!! Open rank tenure-track faculty search: aas.org/jobregister/ad…

We are so proud of our graduate students who have been awarded research fellowships and our undergraduate students who have been awarded scholarships from NASA PA Space Grant. 🚀 Read more about these star students at bit.ly/47ltO1q 🌟

The entire community at the Eberly College of Science would like to congratulate Jogesh Babu, distinguished professor of statistics and of astronomy and astrophysics, on his retirement from Penn State. Read more at bit.ly/3B1lSWY #PennStateStats #PennStateAstro

Stars, galaxies, and black holes, oh my! 🌟🌌 Joel Leja, Lee M. Hammarstrom-Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Endowed Early Career Professor of astronomy and astrophysics, speak about the James Webb Space Telescope and its discoveries to the Village at Penn State. #PennStateAstro

Join us for a free lecture featuring Sara Seager, an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Read more at bit.ly/4dQiVWX #PennStateAstro

Chad Hanna, professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics, and his research team are working to discover astrophysical events that were predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916. 🔭 Read more about this research at bit.ly/48lQ1wY #PennStatePhysics #PennStateAstro

While Penn State researchers at the The SETI Institute didn't find evidence of extraterrestrial technology, their work introduced a new way to search for signals in the future. 🌎 Read more about this work: bit.ly/4hgSYTo #PennStateAstro

One of the most luminous nova eruptions have been spotted by astronomers on the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory team, including Penn State scientists. Thomas Gaudin, a graduate student and first author of the paper, described this experience. Read more at bit.ly/40wRmie

A new study has revealed brown dwarf protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula using photos from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope decades ago. Read more about this work done by Kevin Luhman, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and a team of researchers. bit.ly/4hsqQwE

Congrats to David Radice, associate professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics, for receiving a Sustainment Award from NASA! This award will provide a $920,000 grant to advance an open-source code called AthenaK for computational astrophysicists.

In the latest AAS Journal Author Series video, Noah Tuchow (NASA Goddard) and Jason Wright (Penn State) chat about habitability: youtube.com/watch?v=1xY2Lz… This series connects authors with their article, their human story, and the larger #astronomy community. #ExploreAstronomy

Come check out Astrofest Wednesday - Saturday this week! 8:30 - 11:30 pm at Davey Lab. Penn State Eberly College of Science science.psu.edu/news/astrofest…

Astrofest starts tonight from 8:30 - 11:30 pm in Davey Lab!!! Here's tonight's program of activities.

Here's tonight's program of activities for Astrofest -- 8:30 to 11:30 pm in Davey Lab!!

Here is tonight's program of activities for Astrfoest. 8:30 - 11:30 pm in Davey Lab!!

Tonight is the last night of Astrofest!! 8:30 - 11:30 pm in Davey Lab.