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Ask the expert: Breaking down the discovery of an Earth-sized planet (Joey Rodriguez)

November 11, 2022

Working with data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, Michigan State University has helped discover an Earth-sized exoplanet — a planet outside of our solar system. This planet, named TOI-700 e, falls within its star’s habitable zone, meaning the newfound planet could be capable of supporting life as we know it. The research team announced the finding Jan. 10 at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle.

MSU helps make cosmic discovery

November 11, 2022

For just the second time in human history, researchers have identified a source of high-energy neutrinos — ghostly subatomic particles produced in some of the universe’s most extreme environments. The discovery was made by an international collaboration led by Michigan State University and Technical University of Munich researchers at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica. The team announced its findings on Nov. 3 in an online webinar and will publish its study Nov. 4 in the journal Science.

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*, appears as a bright spot against the backdrop of space in this telescope image, shrouded by X-ray light, which appears as clouds of red and blue. Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Wisconsin/Y. Bai, et al.

June 11, 2024

‘Flares’ and ‘echoes’ from the Milky Way’s monster black hole

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Spartans have uncovered new information about the galaxy’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*

November 11, 2022

Ghost Particle Documentary Screened at Abrams Planetarium

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Ghost Particle a science documentary that follows international efforts to understand the universe by studying neutrinos - the smallest of known parts - with some of the world’s largest experiments.

October 21, 2022

Two Faculty Elected APS Fellows

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Danny Caballero and Huey-Wen Lin are the latest two MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty to be elected APS Fellows. The APS Fellowship Program was created in 1921 for those in the physics community to recognize peers who have contributed to advances in physics through original research, innovative applications, teaching, and leadership.

June 11, 2024‘Flares’ and ‘echoes’ from the Milky Way’s monster black hole

November 11, 2022Ghost Particle Documentary Screened at Abrams Planetarium