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Astrophysics Seminar | Galactic Archeology, Jan. 11

Keith Hawkins by Rob Hardin

The Astrophysical Institute (ApI) presents Ohio University Alumnus and Marshall Scholar, Keith Hawkins of  the Cambridge University presenting “Galactic Archeology: Piecing together the Milky Way with Large Surveys” on Monday, Jan. 11, at at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Hall 245. Abstract: We live in a typical spiral galaxy in the […]

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January 11, 2016 at 9:30 pmEvents

Astrophysics Seminar | Cosmology with the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), Oct. 21

Florian Beutler

The Astrophysical Institute (ApI) presents Florian Beutler of  the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory presenting “Cosmology with the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS)” on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at at 4:10 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract:  Dr. Florian Beutler will present results from SDSS-III BOSS-DR11/DR 12 […]

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October 1, 2015 at 7:00 pmEvents

Astrophysics Seminar | Unveiling the Progenitors of Short-duration Gamma-ray Bursts, April 22

Wen-fai Fong

The Astrophysical Institute (ApI) presents Wen-fai Fong of  the University of Arizona “Unveiling the Progenitors of Short-duration Gamma-ray Bursts” on Wednesday, April 22, at at 4:10 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract: Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are relativistic explosions which originate at cosmological distances, and are […]

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April 2, 2015 at 6:45 pmEvents

Astrophysics Seminar | An Astronomical Time Machine: Light Echoes from Historic Supernovae and Stellar Eruptions, April 8

Armin Rest

The Astrophysical Institute (ApI) presents Armin Rest of  the Space Telescope Science Institute “An Astronomical Time Machine: Light Echoes from Historic Supernovae and Stellar Eruptions” on Wednesday, April 8, at at 4:10 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract: Tycho Brahe’s observations of a supernova in […]

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April 1, 2015 at 10:15 pmEvents

Astrophysics Seminar|Massive Stars at the End of their Life, March 11

Raffaella Margutti

The Astrophysical Institute (ApI) presents Raffaella Margutti of  the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics presenting “Eruptions, disruptions and (repeated) explosions: massive stars at the end of their life and the role of central engines and sustained mass-loss” on Tuesday, March 11, at at 4:10 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. […]

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March 11, 2015 at 9:30 pmEvents

Cosmos to Isotopes: Three New Faculty Explore the Universe

Dr. Hee-Jong Seo. Photo by Rob Hardin

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy The Department of Physics & Astronomy welcomes three new faculty members—an experimental nuclear physicist and two astrophysicists. By coincidence, two are from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California: Dr. Heather Crawford, an experimental nuclear physicist, and Dr. Hee-Jong Seo, an astrophysicist. Dr. Ryan Chornock, also […]

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October 1, 2014 at 12:37 pmNews

Ohio University Partners with MDM Observatory, Funds New Structure of the Universe Project

Ohio University Research News Monday Nov 01, 2004 ATHENS, Ohio – As part of a new project that will explore the structure of the universe – from the tiniest bits of matter to the largest galaxies in the cosmos – Ohio University has become a partner in the MDM Observatory, […]

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November 1, 2004 at 2:38 pmNews