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2026
August
31,
2026
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09:05 AM
America/New_York
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.
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August
24,
2026
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10:00 AM
America/New_York
A new telescope built with a field of view large enough to unravel some of the universe’s most mysterious puzzles will soon aim to brighten our understanding of dark energy and distant worlds.
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July
27,
2026
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09:05 AM
America/New_York
An international team of scientists has used machine learning to identify seven rare quasar candidates, according to a new study.
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June
17,
2026
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13:05 PM
America/New_York
In a new study, astronomers have revealed new details about how young stars shape their galactic surroundings.
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April
15,
2026
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14:33 PM
America/New_York
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 Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)’s 3D map of the …
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February
27,
2026
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests.
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2025
August
22,
2025
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11:09 AM
America/New_York
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.
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July
11,
2025
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08:57 AM
America/New_York
Students from The Ohio State University have developed a novel cryogenic refueling system for use in long-term space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit.
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May
07,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/New_York
Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.
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May
01,
2025
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13:30 PM
America/New_York
Global interest in human spaceflight has ignited passions for the emerging commercial space ecosystem, and efforts to expand space research and related manufacturing are taking center stage in Ohio.
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April
24,
2025
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15:21 PM
America/New_York
Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought, according to a new study.
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March
19,
2025
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18:05 PM
America/New_York
Researchers see hints that dark energy, once thought to be Einstein’s “cosmological constant,” might be evolving over time in unexpected ways.
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March
05,
2025
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13:00 PM
America/New_York
A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research.
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January
23,
2025
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11:15 AM
America/New_York
Adam Leroy, a professor of astronomy at The Ohio State University, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Henry Draper Medal.
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2024
November
25,
2024
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10:00 AM
America/New_York
An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.
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September
09,
2024
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12:30 PM
America/New_York
In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of planet formation, finding that after a certain point, planets larger than Earth have difficulty forming near low-metallicity stars.
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May
01,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/New_York
Researchers at The Ohio State University played a major role in analyzing the first year of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s survey into the history of the universe.
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March
20,
2024
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12:00 PM
America/New_York
On April 8, millions of observers in Ohio will witness a total solar eclipse, a rare celestial event that promises to be an otherworldly experience.
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January
29,
2024
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15:00 PM
America/New_York
The next generation of advanced telescopes could sharpen the hunt for potential extraterrestrial life by closely scrutinizing the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets, new research suggests.
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2023
September
26,
2023
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12:00 PM
America/New_York
Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system.
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August
15,
2023
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10:56 AM
America/New_York
In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with themselves.
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July
27,
2023
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09:01 AM
America/New_York
As the next generation of giant, high-powered observatories begin to come online, a new study suggests that their instruments may offer scientists an unparalleled opportunity to discern what weather may be like on far-away exoplanets.
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July
17,
2023
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14:00 PM
America/New_York
Astronomers have found evidence that some stars boast unexpectedly strong surface magnetic fields, a discovery that challenges current models of how they evolve.
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June
12,
2023
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11:07 AM
America/New_York
An international team of astronomers is the first to apply an old technique to discover a new type of planet that orbits two stars – what is known as a circumbinary planet.
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May
08,
2023
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14:12 PM
America/New_York
Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the Milky Way galaxy’s center.
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March
29,
2023
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13:00 PM
America/New_York
Much like how wind plays a key role in life on Earth by sweeping seeds, pollen and more from one place to another, galactic winds – high-powered streams of charged particles and gases – can change the chemical make-up of the host galaxies they form …
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February
28,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/New_York
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of interstellar observation, an international team of researchers was able to serendipitously view an exploding supernova in a faraway spiral galaxy.
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January
26,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/New_York
Astronomers have developed a powerful technique for identifying starspots, according to research presented this month at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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2022
December
16,
2022
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
Astronomers have found a way to peer into the physics of some of the brightest stars in the sky.
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October
13,
2022
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13:31 PM
America/New_York
Steven Prohira, a physicist and a former postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, has been named a recipient of the 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize often called the “genius grant.”
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