SDSU’s Department of Astronomy is incredibly fortunate to have recently received a generous donation of $14 million from the estate of Theodore William and Nhung […]
Author: Kate Rubin
SDSU Astronomy Prof. Allen Shafter is interviewed on his experience as a scientific editor of the American Astronomical Society Journals
The American Astronomical Society Journals, which include the Astrophysical Journal, the Astronomical Journal, the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, and the Astrophysical Journal Letters) has recently launched a series […]
SDSU Astronomers discover two new planets around double star systems
Astronomers announced the first discovery made by NASA’s TESS mission of a two-star planetary system. Led by researchers at the Goddard Space Flight Center and San Diego State University, with other collaborators, the telescope satellite’s finding marks the start of a much better understanding of such planetary systems.
SDSU Astronomy Professor Allen Shafter publishes definitive text on extragalactic novae
Professor of Astronomy Allen Shafter is a world’s expert on a class of eruptive variable stars called “novae”, or “new stars”. The nature of these […]
Congratulations to SDSU Cal-Bridge Scholars
The Department congratulates Yasmin Afshar, Kiley Mayford, Kelcey Davis, Kara Whitaker, and Jose Ruiz Casias on their recently-rewarded Cal-Bridge scholarships to support them as they […]
A Third Planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System
SDSU Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds.
First Evidence Discovered of a Gigantic Remnant Around an Exploding Star
A San Diego State University astrophysicist has helped discover evidence of a gigantic remnant surrounding an exploding star—a shell of material so huge, it must have been erupting on a regular basis for millions of years.
Astronomy Graduate Student Quentin Socia Revises Important Astronomical Prediction
In September 2018, SDSU astronomy graduate student Quentin Socia published a new work refuting the previously published prediction of the merger of two stars. Stellar […]
The Spring 2018 Doc Morris & John D. Schopp Public Lecture
This year’s Doc Morris & John D. Schopp Public Lecture will be given by Dr. Konstantin Batygin, a Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech, and […]
Founding of the new Women in STEM student club
WSTEM is a recognized student organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage women in STEM and provide a safe and supportive space. The goals […]