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Kevin Luhman is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics from Pennsylvania State University who discovered both the third-closest stellar system, Luhman 16, [1] and the fourth-closest stellar system, WISE 0855−0714, [2] to the Sun.
In January 2016, she started working as an assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State University. [4] She was named the Shaffer Career Development Professor in Science in October 2020 [5] and was promoted to the rank of associate professor in July 2021. [6] She left Penn State for NASA in 2024. [7]
Jason Thomas Wright is an American astronomer. He is a professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Eberly College of Science at Pennsylvania State University, where he also serves as director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center.
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He subsequently moved to the United States, where he earned a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Florida in 2006. Mahadevan remained at the University of Florida until 2009 for postdoctoral research purposes, then joined the Pennsylvania State University faculty in 2009. In 2023, Penn State named Mahadevan the Verne M. Willaman ...
William Nielsen Brandt (born June 10, 1970; also known as Niel Brandt) is the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and a professor of physics at the Pennsylvania State University. He is best known for his work on active galaxies, cosmological X-ray surveys, starburst galaxies, normal galaxies, and X-ray binaries.
The Black Moshannon Observatory (BMO) was an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Pennsylvania State University. Established in 1972, it was located in the central part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in Black Moshannon State Park, approximately 17 kilometers (11 miles) northwest of State College. [1]
The Eberly College of Science is the science college of Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1859 by Jacob S. Whitman, professor of natural science. The College offers baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degree programs in the basic sciences. It was named after Robert E. Eberly.