News/Events

Discovered in the late 1960s, the Crab Pulsar is a unique pulsar astronomers continue to study due to its curious behavior and significance.

WVUniverse series presents "Salty Secrets about the Search for Life on Mars" featuring Kathleen Benison, PhD. Benison is a Professor of Geology at West Virginia University. 

WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor and Center Member, Dr. Sarah Burke-Spolaor was named the Benedum Distinguished Scholar in Physical Sciences and Technologies, and will be honored at the upcoming Benedum Distinguished Scholar Showcase.

The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Physics Frontiers Center (PFC) has been awarded the prestigious Bruno Rossi Prize from the American Astronomical Society (AAS), as announced at 245th annual AAS conference last week in National Harbor, MD. The NANOGrav Collaboration shares the 2025 prize with their PFC co-directors, Drs. Maura McLaughlin (West Virginia University) and Xavier Siemens (Oregon State University).

The Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology presents the next WVUniverse talk for the month of February.

The WVU Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology announces the return of their Center seminar series, WVUniverse.

A West Virginia University researcher is paving the way for two-year community and technical college students to pursue astrophysics and astronomy at four-year institutions like WVU.  

The WVU Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology announces the return of their Center seminar series, WVUniverse.