Space
In newly published research, 91¸£ÀûÉç scientists study a rocky exoplanet outside our solar system, learning more about whether and how planets maintain atmospheres.
From 2016 to 2022, NASA's MinXSS CubeSat mission launched small satellites built by LASP students to study X-ray emissions from the sun. The mission, which officially ended in March, provided groundbreaking insights into solar activity and demonstrated how small, cost-effective satellites can achieve significant scientific results.
Massive ripples in the very fabric of the universe wash over Earth all the time, although you'd never notice. 91¸£ÀûÉç's Jeremy Darling is trying a new search for these gravitational waves.
In 1972, a Soviet lander known as Kosmos 482 launched for Venus. It never made it past Earth's gravity, and now the spacecraft is coming back.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, giving it an unprecedented opportunity to view the universe's Lyman-alpha emissions—an important kind of ultraviolet light that can reveal new information about stars, distant galaxies and more.
The CU in Space Club's entry to the Argonia Cup rocket competition reached 24,000 feet and broke the sound barrier on its way to second place in the tournament.
Bethany Ehlmann has been named the director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at 91¸£ÀûÉç. LASP's mission is to advance scientific discovery and inspire the next generation through forefront research, innovation and education.
For nearly 40 years, researchers at BioServe Space Technologies at 91¸£ÀûÉç have conducted life science experiments in space—from studying the behavior of spiders in microgravity to producing human stem cells on the International Space Station.
A new study from 91¸£ÀûÉç geologists weighs in on a long-running debate about Mars: Billions of years ago, was the Red Planet warm and wet or cold and dry?
Eric Frew is heading an $8 million project to improve drone communications in anticipation of a future when autonomous aircraft regularly whizz overhead for everything from product deliveries to emergency response.