Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University

In a Voices.Earth podcast, San Francisco State Adjunct Professor Chris McCarthy and Astronomy M.S. candidate Jessica Agnos discuss Astronomers 4 Planet Earth, a new, international, grass-roots movement of professional & amateur astronomers who engage in outreach to help educate the public on climate change: https://voices.earth//astronomersforplanet-earth-educate/

"Earth to Space" Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference at San Francisco State University, October 18, 2019, 1 pm - 10 pm. Free for the public! Come join us and hear about space exploration and climate change.

Check out our Department Newsletter!

http://news.sfsu.edu//student-project-soul-science-classro

Our very own Prof. Adrienne Cool makes a cameo appearance live from SFSU's Hagar Planetarium in this news report on the first direct imaging of a supermassive black hole.

Andrew Garcia, a summer scholar from San Francisco State University gets interviewed by the press at the AAS 2019 Meeting. Andrew presented the research he did at the SETI Institute this last summer.

Summer research scholar, Sean Morgan from San Francisco State University presenting the research he did at Arizona State University this past summer. We are looking forward to seeing what Sean does next in his career!

Congratulations to SFSU M.S. student Sarah Deveny on the publication of her thesis project with former SFSU Professor Stephen Kane (now at U.C. Riverside). https://www.forbes.com//our-galaxys-largest-star-cluster/