astronomy

As part of the Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series, renowned astronomers from across the country will give free lectures at the Natural History Museum throughout the year. In cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Astronomical Society, the Department of Astrono...

A new radial acceleration relation found among spiral and irregular galaxies challenges current understanding – and possibly existence - of dark matter In the late 1970s, astronomers Vera Rubin and Albert Bosma independently found that spiral galaxies rotate at a nearly constant speed: the velocity ...

Stacy McGaugh, professor and chair of the Department of Astronomy, participated in a panel discussion on dark matter in the universe at the World Science Festival in early June. The World Science Festival gathered thought leaders in the arts and sciences to create live and digital content “that all...

Researchers find small-scale structures produce important effects using new computer codes Research teams on both sides of the Atlantic have shown that precise modeling of the universe and its contents will change the detailed understanding of the evolution of the universe and the growth of structur...

[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]n cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Astronomical Society, the Department of Astronomy will sponsor the 2015-2016 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series through the support of the Arthur S. Holden Sr. Endowment. The series will con...

Each year the Department of Astronomy awards the Jason J Nassau Prize to outstanding senior astronomy majors for excellence in academics and research. This year, Grace Olivier and Liz Tarantino were selected for the award. Olivier works with Heather Morrison, professor of astronomy, on testing insi...

The 2015-16 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will continue with a talk by Kathryn Johnston, chair and professor of astronomy at Columbia University. Johnston will present “Galactic Cannibalism” Thursday, March 3, at 8 p.m. in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Murch Auditorium. Images o...

In cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Astronomical Society, the Department of Astronomy will sponsor the 2015-2016 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series through the support of the Arthur S. Holden Sr. Endowment. The series will continue Thursday, Dec. 10, at ...

The Frontiers of Astronomy series will continue Thursday, Nov. 12, from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Jennifer Johnson, professor of astronomy at Ohio State University, will give a presentation titled “The History of the Milky Way Written in the Stars.” She will discuss h...

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Physics and Astronomy Club will sponsor a lecture with NASA engineer Matt Melis Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 12:30 p.m. in the Millis Schmitt Auditorium. Melis will talk about the Space Shuttle Columbia accident in 2003, and his role i...