by Sarah White | Feb 11, 2022 | Astronomy, Students, –Featured
Astronomy master’s student Eric Bratton has pursued many paths to find what satisfies his plethora of passions. “Be open to the opportunities that are afforded to you. Don’t shut anything down immediately,” Bratton said. “You might be able to mix things about...
by eric | Mar 3, 2021 | Astronomy, Donor Stories
An astronomy class led by Professor William Welsh at Mt. Laguna Observatory. Photo courtesy of SDSU Astronomy Club (modified by Eric Ackerman). Donation earmarked for student support is the largest gift to a single department in San Diego State University history. By...
by eric | Oct 23, 2020 | Astronomy, –Archives
The Event Horizon Telescope, a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, captured this image of the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy M87 and its shadow. (Image: © EHT Collaboration)...
by eric | Jan 13, 2020 | Astronomy, –Archives
The discoveries include the first circumbinary planet revealed by observations from NASA’s TESS mission, which will search nearly the entire sky. By Padma Nagappan Astronomers announced the first discovery made by NASA’s TESS mission of a two-star planetary...
by eric | Oct 3, 2019 | Astronomy, Physics, –Archives
The former astronaut inspired an audience during President’s Lecture series and made a $100,000 endowment in her name from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. By Jeff Ristine Former astronaut and Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa reflected on a...
by eric | Apr 16, 2019 | Astronomy, –Archives
The SDSU-led research has been published in the Astronomical Journal. By SDSU News Team 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 from NASA’s...
