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Ready to Launch

Linn-Benton and OSU students get ready to launch a high-altitude balloon in preparation for the total solar eclipse on August 21. (Photo: Evan Schreiber)

OSU and LBCC students will send a balloon to the edge of space

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Beacons of Light

Gamma ray bursts reveal cosmic secrets

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Waiting for Starlight

Powerful jets of high-speed material are pictured in blue in this computer simulation of an exploding star that harbors a gamma-ray burst. Davide Lazzati uses three-dimensional computer simulations to shed light on the dynamics of these energetic outflows, which stream out of their progenitor star (in red and orange). The jets eventually escape from the dense and cold stellar material and convert their energy into gamma-ray radiation that can be detected with telescopes. (From Lopez-Camara, Lazzati, Morsony, & Bergelman 2013)

Davide Lazzati tries to make sense of violent bursts that shine from the far reaches of the universe

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Space Science and the Solar Eclipse

A composition of 29 eclipse images taken between 2nd contact 10:10:40 UT, 3rd contact 10:13:08 UT. The solar corona can only be observed during a solar eclipse. (Photo: Miroslav Druckmüller)

OSU150 celebration opens with Oregon Space Grant Festival

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Solar Eclipse 2017

Did you know that the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse will pass directly over Corvallis?