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Upcoming Events

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Sun, August 30, 2026
Roman Space Telescope Launch Party
7:00 am
Online via Zoom
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Tue, September 1, 2026
CCAPP Seminar: Rachel Scrandis
12:00 pm
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom
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Tue, September 8, 2026
CCAPP Seminar: Mehr Un Nisa
11:30 am
Hybrid: PRB 4138 & Zoom
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Thu, September 10, 2026
Astronomy Colloquium - Lucy Lu
3:00 pm
Hybrid: Chem & Biomolecular Eng & Chem (CBEC) - Room 130 and Zoom

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Ohio State helps NASA mission lift off to scan the cosmos

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.

Quasars have been found with luminosities between 10 to 100,000 times that of the Milky Way.

Astronomers discover super-bright quasar lenses

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…

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51 Pegasi b Fellowship at Ohio State - 2027 applications now open

By Jonathan Crass

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…

Miqaela Weller

Miqaela Weller awarded Obey Scholarship

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…

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B. Scott Gaudi
Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration, University Distinguished Scholar
gaudi.1@osu.edu
Michael Stamatikos
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio State Newark; Chief Science Officer, The Works; Founding Director, SciDome, Ohio State Newark and The Works
stamatikos.1@osu.edu
Richard Pogge
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, Vice Chair for Instrumentation
pogge.1@osu.edu
Paul Martini
Professor of Astronomy and Physics (Courtesy)
martini.10@osu.edu

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