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The graduate PhD program in Physics & Astronomy is a small, personal, yet challenging environment where graduate students will receive advanced instruction and guidance to grow as independent research ...

A recent trip to the arctic circle in Sweden to view and photograph the aurora by Middle Tennessee State University professor ...

Ohio State astronomy professor Adam Leroy is the 2025 recipient of the Henry Draper Medal. The Henry Draper Medal, established in 1886, is awarded every four years to a researcher or pair of ...

Though the Drake University Faculty Senate voted to reduce the physics department last year, remnants of the study continue to exist without the backbone of its former department.  However, despite ...

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Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer More than 100 third through eighth grade Pocahontas County students converged on the Green Bank Observatory January 28 for the annual county Science and Engineering Fair.