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Hobby-Eberly Telescope
SDSS-III Telescope
A telescope SDSS Apache Brown Dwarf GRB
Companion as Cool as Earth Discovered Learn More >
Penn State Awarded $3.3 Million Grant to Build Planet Hunting Instrument Learn More >
Distant Black Hole Discovered Devouring Sun-like Star Learn More >
Cosmic Explosion is New Candidate for Most Distant Object in the Universe Learn More >
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer
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The Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at Penn State has one of the most productive astronomy research programs in the country, according to the recent multi-year study by the National Research Council. Penn State ranks in the top three (along with Princeton University and the California Insitute of Technology) in the NRC Survey-based quality score emphasizing publications and citations per faculty member per year, and number of grants. Additional information about the NRC review of astronomy programs can be found at phds.org, in a summary of the Penn State program prepared by the department, and in a press release from the Eberly College of Science.

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