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Written in the stars: WVU astrophysicists set to receive Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East’

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For  Duncan Lorimer and  Maura McLaughlin, working at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico set off a sequence of life events that would include marriage, children, finding a home at  West Virginia University, an out-of-this-world scientific discovery and, now, earning a highly prestigious award described as the “Nobel Prize of the East.”

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WVU Astrophysics REU Student applies experience to practice in outreach

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Over the past summer, the West Virginia University Department of Physics and Astronomy welcomed undergraduate students from all over the country to live on campus and work closely with a selected research mentor, learning all about astrophysics, astronomy, and instrumentation from the experts. The Astrophysics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program that offers the opportunity for undergraduate students to explore all facets of research while gaining insights into diverse training topics. 

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Peculiar Fast Radio Burst Provides Clues to Mysterious Origin

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Residing in the heart of a dwarf galaxy four billion light years away is a mysterious cosmological object producing bursts of energy that only last a few milliseconds. New research about this Fast Radio Burst (FRB) has revealed a rarely seen astronomical environment around its source, where magnetic fields twist, turn, and undulate over time. This is the first detection of a magnetic field reversal observed from an FRB, and the first time this behavior has been observed in another galaxy.

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