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 […]
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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 […]
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SDSU Astronomers Discover 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. Using data […]
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First Evidence Discovered of a Gigantic Remnant Around an Exploding Star
In January 2019, SDSU Astronomy professor Allen Shafter and former SDSU postdoc Martin Henze were part of a research team announcing the discovery that […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Doug Leonard presents invited plenary lecture at the 230th meeting of the American Astronomical Society
On June 7, 2017, Professor Doug Leonard delivered an invited plenary talk on the explosion geometry of core-collapse supernovae at the 230th meeting of the […]
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Astronomy Department welcomes new faculty member, Kate Rubin
The Astronomy Department is pleased to welcome our latest faculty hire, professor Kate Rubin, who joined our Department this fall. Kate has an expertise in […]
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New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns
Kepler-1647 b is important because it is the tip of the iceberg of a theoretically predicted population of large, long-period circumbinary planets.
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Discovery of Gravitational Waves
The advanced LIGO experiment has just announced the Discovery of Gravitational Waves produced by the merging of two stellar mass black holes in a distant galaxy.
