A journey of exoplanet discovery begins as Penn State’s NEID spectrometer starts its scientific mission
Suvrath Mahadevan and Sam Sholtis The NEID spectrometer, a new tool for the discovery of planets outside of our solar system, has now...
Read MorePenn State led NEID team receives NASA Group Achievement Award
The NEID instrument team, led by Penn State Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Suvrath Mahadevan, was recognized by NASA with the...
Read MoreWIYN
Penn State is a partner in the WIYN 3.5m observatory, providing additional time for the NEID science team to survey nearby stars for...
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Penn State built an Extreme Precision Doppler Spectrograph to provide next-generation exoplanet observational capabilities to the entire...
Read MoreHPF
The Habitable Zone Planet Finder, or HPF, was installed on the 10-meter Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas. It is an...
Read MoreHobby-Eberly Telescope
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) is the world’s fourth largest optical telescope. The telescope is a collaboration between Penn State and...
Read MoreMINERVA
Penn State is a partner in the MINERVA observatory, which is currently under construction on Palomar Mountain. It will consist...
Read MoreSloan Digital Sky Survey–IV
Penn State is an institutional partner in a major new research effort to investigate the structure of our galaxy, the evolution of nearby...
Read MoreLegacy Survey of Space & Time
Penn State is a partner organization in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The LSST will have an 8.4 meter primary mirror and a...
Read MoreDavey Lab Rooftop Telescopes
The rooftop of Davey Lab has multiple telescopes, including a new 24-inch f/6.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph telescope. Read more....
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