First first-author paper by an Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos UDP Ph.D. student (program started 2019) posted in arXiv: Zewdie et al. (2020), arxiv.org/abs/2009.03800. Dejene made a short video explaining the the paper: youtu.be/oxfjbqMqeQs (inspired by OSU Astronomy coffee brief)

Drumroll please!!!! The OSU Astronomy Graduate Awards for 2020

Congratulations to Tharindu Jayasinghe (Tharind.jayawardana) who has received the Ann S. Tuttle Paper Prize for his 2019 paper "The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars - II. Uniform classification of 412 000 known variables."

Congratulations to BOTH Sanskriti Das (@dassanskriti1) and Tharindu Jayasinghe (Tharindu Jayasinghe) who have received the Alan K. Markowitz Observational Astronomy Prize.

Tharindu Jayasinghe @SuperASASSN @dassanskriti1 OSU Astronomy No, thank you. You and your teams' work is really inspiring to a budding astrophysicist. I'm coming, leave some discoveries for me to find. 😉

Congratulations are in order! Ann S. Tuttle Citizenship Award goes to Emily Griffith for her outstanding commitment to education, outreach, and service in the past year!!!!

BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 #NobelPrize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.

Another #NobelPrize for Black Holes! If you are looking for an #iteachphysics activity to celebrate the discovery with your students check out our p5xjs Black Holes activity youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Scott Gaudi and Samson Johnson of OSU Astronomy spoke with Smithsonian Magazine about the potential behind the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope telescope. "The galaxy could be teeming with these free-floating planets, or maybe none." smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…

This sculpture is right between Smith and McPherson Labs. The Department of Astronomy OSU Astronomy is on the 4th floor in the background of this picture..

Don't forget our event TONIGHT. Exoplanet talks starting at 7pm and our Star Trek Panel at 8pm. We also have our costume contest! More info and registration at astronomy.osu.edu/events/monthly…

Today is the day! Get out and VOTE! Be heard! Support science!

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WestFest 2020 was virtual this year! We had a week of online programs that reached across 8 countries! Thanks everyone who attended and presented at WestFest who made this possible. #OSUWestFest

The Department of Astronomy welcomes Josh Carroll as our new ASCTech Senior Systems Manager. Welcome Josh!!!!

Apply for a CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellowship at Ohio State! Pass along this opportunity to all who might be interested! John Beacom CCAPP OSU Astronomy ccapp.osu.edu/about/jobs-and…

So proud of Samson for being selected as one of the first 10 #ExoExplorers! Also a shout out to fellow OSU graduate student Dr. Caprice Phillips for being selected! Go OSU Astronomy! exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/exopag/ex…

As an entrepreneur, educator, poet (check out video for astro #poetry!) former #NASA space weather forecaster, and astrobiology researcher, I am thrilled to enter the #inspiration4contest! My business, Making Space for All, promotes accessible science: makingspaceforall.com

Get your geek on with the WestFest Collaborative and the COSI Science Festival for the debut of Guess Who, a new STEM gameshow featuring Ohio State grad student researchers. Register at go.osu.edu/GuessWhoOSU. Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center Center for Applied Plant Sciences Ohio State Pharmacy Arne Slettebak OSU Planetarium Buckeye Aha! Math Moments

Cosmic rays could offer scientists another way to track and study violent tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena, a new study suggests. Ohio State Physics OSU Astronomy news.osu.edu/a-cosmic-tool-…