By the Numbers: Super blood wolf moon eclipse By the Numbers By the Numbers: Super blood wolf moon eclipse Jan. 21 at 12:12 a.m marks the optimal time to view the lunar eclipse and a unique opportunity to catch a rare astronomical event.
Solar system exploration Q&A with Cullen Blake Q&A Solar system exploration Q&A with Cullen Blake Blake, an observational astronomer at Penn who specializes in the search for exoplanets, discusses the busy start of 2019 in the research of solar system exploration.
Dark Energy Survey completes six-year mission Dark Energy Survey completes six-year mission A global research effort to map a portion of the sky in unprecedented detail is coming to an end, but the task of learning more about the expansion of the universe has only just begun.
Astronomers want to look for Planet X in Big Bang’s cosmic glow Penn In the News Forbes Astronomers want to look for Planet X in Big Bang’s cosmic glow The School of Arts and Sciences’ Eric Baxter, Bhuvnesh Jain, Cullen Blake, Gary Bernstein, and Mark Devlin co-authored a paper outlining ways to find undetected planets on the outskirts of our solar system. Electric bond During the gala ceremony held on Nov. 4 at NASA’s Hangar 1 in Mountain View, Calif., Charles Kane and Eugene Mele were presented the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics award by writer and science educator Lucy Hawking (the daughter of Stephen Hawking) and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Electric bond Behind the discovery of a new class of electronic materials is a 20-year collaboration between two Penn physicists, winners of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Up, up, and away As the project manager of the $100 million Simons Observatory project, Devlin (center) is working to keep the numerous and disparate components of the project from falling behind due to pandemic-related shutdowns while recognizing that some delays and disruptions will be inevitable. His advice is to not “sweat the small stuff.” (Pre-pandemic image) Up, up, and away Mark Devlin and his team behind BLAST are about to embark on another scientific adventure in Antarctica, this time measuring how stars form in our galaxy. Where do comets originate? A map of the sky at 545 GHz from the Planck satellite. Credit: Planck/ESA and NASA, IPAC Infrared Science Archive. Where do comets originate? A new technique developed by team of Penn astronomers may allow the scientists to measure radiation from celestial bodies that are only theorized to exist. Astronomers discover second-closest know exoplanet Penn In the News Smithsonian Magazine Astronomers discover second-closest know exoplanet The School of Arts and Sciences’ Cullen Blake weighed in on the identification of an earth-like exoplanet called Barnard’s Star b. Blake said that while the data used to locate it may be muddied by nearby stellar activity, the exoplanet has been observed enough times to be a strong planetary candidate. Physicist theorizes that dark matter is a superfluid Physicist theorizes that dark matter is a superfluid A hypothesis by Justin Khoury of the Department of Physics and Astronomy stands to shake up how scientists consider dark matter. Looking to the stars As part of the annual Simons Observatory Collaboration conference, Penn held a Community Astronomy Night in David Rittenhouse laboratory that included a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing. Credit: Eric Sucar Looking to the stars This year's Simons Observatory Collaboration conference included a community star party that consisted of a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing. Load More
Electric bond During the gala ceremony held on Nov. 4 at NASA’s Hangar 1 in Mountain View, Calif., Charles Kane and Eugene Mele were presented the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics award by writer and science educator Lucy Hawking (the daughter of Stephen Hawking) and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Electric bond Behind the discovery of a new class of electronic materials is a 20-year collaboration between two Penn physicists, winners of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Up, up, and away As the project manager of the $100 million Simons Observatory project, Devlin (center) is working to keep the numerous and disparate components of the project from falling behind due to pandemic-related shutdowns while recognizing that some delays and disruptions will be inevitable. His advice is to not “sweat the small stuff.” (Pre-pandemic image) Up, up, and away Mark Devlin and his team behind BLAST are about to embark on another scientific adventure in Antarctica, this time measuring how stars form in our galaxy.
Where do comets originate? A map of the sky at 545 GHz from the Planck satellite. Credit: Planck/ESA and NASA, IPAC Infrared Science Archive. Where do comets originate? A new technique developed by team of Penn astronomers may allow the scientists to measure radiation from celestial bodies that are only theorized to exist.
Astronomers discover second-closest know exoplanet Penn In the News Smithsonian Magazine Astronomers discover second-closest know exoplanet The School of Arts and Sciences’ Cullen Blake weighed in on the identification of an earth-like exoplanet called Barnard’s Star b. Blake said that while the data used to locate it may be muddied by nearby stellar activity, the exoplanet has been observed enough times to be a strong planetary candidate. Physicist theorizes that dark matter is a superfluid Physicist theorizes that dark matter is a superfluid A hypothesis by Justin Khoury of the Department of Physics and Astronomy stands to shake up how scientists consider dark matter. Looking to the stars As part of the annual Simons Observatory Collaboration conference, Penn held a Community Astronomy Night in David Rittenhouse laboratory that included a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing. Credit: Eric Sucar Looking to the stars This year's Simons Observatory Collaboration conference included a community star party that consisted of a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing.
Physicist theorizes that dark matter is a superfluid Physicist theorizes that dark matter is a superfluid A hypothesis by Justin Khoury of the Department of Physics and Astronomy stands to shake up how scientists consider dark matter.
Looking to the stars As part of the annual Simons Observatory Collaboration conference, Penn held a Community Astronomy Night in David Rittenhouse laboratory that included a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing. Credit: Eric Sucar Looking to the stars This year's Simons Observatory Collaboration conference included a community star party that consisted of a panel, a mixer with astronomers, and stargazing.