U.S. National Science Foundation celebrates the inauguration of its Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope

U.S. National Science Foundation celebrates the inauguration of its Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope

Sept. 5, 2022

“NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope is the world’s most powerful solar telescope that will forever change the way we explore and understand our sun,” said NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan. “Its insights will transform how our nation, and the planet, predict and prepare for events like solar storms.”

Yeast bound for moon will provide clues on how radiation impacts astronauts

Yeast bound for moon will provide clues on how radiation impacts astronauts

Aug. 29, 2022

“Nothing like this has happened for 50 years,” said Tobias Niederwieser, an engineer on the team and a research associate at CU Ƶ's BioServe Space Technologies center. “The last time humans sent anything biological on a return trip to the moon was during Apollo 17 in 1972.”

CU Ƶ lands $5.5 million Air Force project to advance orbital and AI research

CU Ƶ lands $5.5 million Air Force project to advance orbital and AI research

Aug. 23, 2022

Led by Associate Professor Marcus Holzinger (Aerospace Engineering), a team of CU Ƶ researchers is embarking on a major project to advance science and monitoring for next generation of space vehicles. The group has signed a five-year cooperative agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory.

‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’: New space telescope gives first glimpses of universe

‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’: New space telescope gives first glimpses of universe

July 13, 2022

John Bally (Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences) will dive into the new space telescope images at three events at the Fiske Planetarium. He took a moment with CU Ƶ Today to talk about these new images, why telescopes are like time machines and why, for James Webb, the best is yet to come.

CU Ƶ and LASP to participate in NASA moon mission

CU Ƶ and LASP to participate in NASA moon mission

July 6, 2022

NASA's new mission will land a spacecraft on a part of the Moon that’s never before been visited: the Gruithuisen Domes. Scientists, mission operators, and data analysts from LASP will play an important role in this mission, which will be led by researchers at the University of Central Florida.

There’s a new commercial space race happening, and Colorado wants to win it

5280: There’s a new commercial space race happening, and Colorado wants to win it

June 2, 2022

Private aerospace companies are trying to mold a modern orbital ecosystem driven as much by profits as it is by exploration. Already home to the nation’s second largest commercial space economy, the Centennial State is a major launch pad in more ways than one.

Smead Aerospace houses new partnership on autonomous air mobility and sensing

Smead Aerospace houses new partnership on autonomous air mobility and sensing

May 10, 2022

The Center for Autonomous Air Mobility and Sensing (CAAMS) will integrate research from traditional engineering topics such as automatic control, aerodynamics, wireless communication and energy storage with new disciplines such as AI, autonomy, machine learning and robotics.

CU Ƶ receives NASA grant to develop new technology to monitor space weather effects

CU Ƶ receives NASA grant to develop new technology to monitor space weather effects

May 9, 2022

A team of LASP and Aerospace Engineering researchers has received a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Phase I award. The team will use the funds to advance their concept of a futuristic swarm of satellites to shed new light on how the solar wind affects Earth’s upper atmosphere.

A surging glow in a distant galaxy could change the way we look at black holes

A surging glow in a distant galaxy could change the way we look at black holes

May 5, 2022

“Normally, we would expect black holes to evolve over millions of years,” said Scepi, a postdoctoral researcher at JILA. “But these objects, which we call changing-look AGNs, evolve over very short time scales. Their magnetic fields may be key to understanding this rapid evolution.”

CU’s LASP to lead operations for new NASA mission to ‘find asteroids before they find us’

CU Ƶ’s LASP to lead operations for new NASA mission to ‘find asteroids before they find us’

April 11, 2022

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected LASP to lead the operations for NEO Surveyor, a space-based telescope that will use infrared bands to detect, track and characterize Near Earth Objects (NEOs)—asteroids and comets that come within 48 million kilometers (30 million miles) of Earth’s orbit.

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