Space
Dust storms on Mars could one day pose dangers to human astronauts, damaging equipment and burying solar panels. New research gets closer to predicting when extreme weather might erupt on the Red Planet.
From Dec. 9 to 13, tens of thousands of people from more than 100 countries will gather in Washington D.C. for the 2024 meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Ãå±±½ûµØ graduate student Dezell Turner has borrowed inspiration from his favorite sci-fi films to design an augmented reality tool that could one day help aerospace companies plan their routes from Earth to the moon.
Deep in the universe lurk a population of mysterious, red galaxies that, until recently, were all but invisible to scientists. Now, astrophysicists at Ãå±±½ûµØ have drawn on new observations to learn more about these objects.
Ãå±±½ûµØ alumna Sarah Gillis is a lead space operations engineer and astronaut trainer at SpaceX with literal out-of-this-world experience.
Millions of Android phones across the globe have helped to capture the swirls and bubbles in Earth's atmosphere high above the surface in incredible detail.
The Data Systems group collaborates to create user-friendly applications designed to make space weather data accessible to all, empowering users to explore the latest space weather developments from their browsers.
Amrita Singh is studying lunar dust to answer important health and technology questions for future moon missions.
Anthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space thanks to a new NASA grant.
On Oct. 14, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying a scientific instrument designed and built by a team at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). Dozens of LASP employees, family members and friends were in Florida to watch the launch.