For the first time ever, scientists working with Georgia State University’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) array have captured very high resolution images that shed new light on what causes the mysterious stellar eclipses of the double star system Epsilon Aurigae. (Originally published April 8, 2010)
A Georgia State University chemist and his colleagues are among a just a few teams in the country who have been given access to powerful supercomputers by the U.S. Department of Energy to model the mechanisms surrounding the replication and repair of DNA. This research may lead to further understanding about basic processes underlying cancer and degenerative diseases. (Georgia State University website, 2010)
Georgia State University physicists played a role in the discovery of the hottest temperature ever recorded in a laboratory at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y. – 7.2 trillion degrees Fahrenheit (4 trillion degrees Celsius). (Georgia State University website, 2010)
In late August 2009, the California Station Fire threatened the six-telescope Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array operated by GSU on Mount Wilson, but with efforts of firefighters and observatory staff, the flames were kept at bay.
Students participated in an internship program with Georgia State and the Georgia Aquarium to observe and record the behaviors of the aquarium’s four whale sharks.