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Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

XMM-Newton image of the 4.6-square-degree W-CDF-S field

New X-ray map reveals growing supermassive black holes in next-gen survey fields

The WYIN telescope

Penn State-led NEID team receives NASA Group Achievement Award

Micheal Eracleous at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tuscon, AZ

Do supermassive black holes merge to form binary systems?

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Search for 'dark energy' could illuminate origin, evolution, fate of universe

Rebekah Dawson

Dawson honored with Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy

Artist impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars

Q&A with the Penn State LIGO group

Earth from space

To boldly go: Penn State launches planetary science consortium

This rendering shows the density of matter in the aftermath of two merged neutron stars, resulting in the formation of a black hole.

Penn State a partner in new NSF Physics Frontier Center

Illustration of neutron stars merging

Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique 'bang' in simulations

SDSS map of the universe

No need to mind the gap

Yang and Stefansson

Two graduate students recognized by the International Astronomical Union

Hubble image of Galaxy NGC 1068, with illustration of active black hole at its core

Excess neutrinos and missing gamma rays?

Artist impression of mysterious astronomical object

Black hole or neutron star?

Illustration of new type of pulsating star

New type of pulsating star discovered

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Sub-Neptune-sized planet validated with the Habitable-zone Planet Finder

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