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Roman Launch

Ohio State Roman telescope team celebrates front row for historic mission

Faculty, students and staff from The Ohio State University were up early in both Columbus and the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as it begins…

Scarlet laser

Dynamite With a Laser Beam: Physics professor and his students use intense lasers for high-energy research

By James Grega

When you think of a laser, what comes to mind? Intergalactic space battles? James Bond in Goldfinger? A game of laser tag?

You may be surprised to learn that studying lasers at The Ohio…

Quantum Physics

The Ohio State University joins Midwest Quantum Collaboratory

The Ohio State University has joined the Midwest Quantum Collaboratory (MQC), a coalition of leading research universities dedicated to advancing quantum science, technology, education and…

Manganese light

New chemical clues shine a light on galactic evolution

In a new study, a team of astronomers has identified wavelengths of light that could be useful for tracing the chemical evolution of the universe.

Using computational modeling to simulate…

hands forming heart shapes

When ‘But they’re your family’ isn’t reason enough to stay

“She’s your mom.” “They’re your family.” “Blood is thicker than water.”

For generations, these familiar idioms have illustrated what Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith, co-authors of the 2022…

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Ohio State helps NASA mission lift off to scan the cosmos

A new telescope built with a field of view large enough to unravel some of the universe’s most mysterious puzzles will soon aim to brighten our understanding of dark energy and distant worlds.

Janet Box-Steffensmeier

Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier awarded Ohio State’s Pierre Agostini Prize

Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Distinguished University Professor and Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University, has been named the 2026 recipient of Ohio State’s…

hikers on a glacier

Research confirms tropical regions as historic methane source

A new analysis of ice cores collected from the Andes in Peru has produced the first global record of historical tropical methane, filling a critical gap in our understanding of the origins of…

Big Bang NASA image

Schumacher receives NSF funding to measure world's most powerful lasers

Douglass Schumacher, a professor in the Department of Physics, is part of a multi-university collaboration receiving a $4.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF…