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NEID spectrometer fully operational with help from Prof. Cullen Blake
The state-of-the-art NEID spectrometer at the WIYN Observatory is fully operational thanks to a team of scientists including
Read MorePenn researchers discover comet, "arguably largest discovered in modern times"
Pedro Bernardinelli, Astronomy postdoctoral researcher and recent department PhD graduate, and Gary Bernstein, Reese W
Read MoreDepartment faculty, staff, and students contribute to global Dark Energy Survey effort
Department of Physics and Astronomy faculty, research staff, and students have been contributing to the global effort to better understand dark matter and dark energy.
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