Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
- Bumper car-like interactions at the edges of our solar system鈥攁nd not a mysterious ninth planet鈥攎ay explain the the dynamics of strange bodies called 鈥渄etached objects,鈥 according to a new study.
- At 6:51 p.m. on April 18, a rocket carrying NASA鈥檚 latest space satellite, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), blasted off from Cape Canaveral. 色戒成人直播 Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was there. He called the experience 鈥渢errifying but incredible.鈥
- Researchers at 色戒成人直播 have completed an unprecedented 鈥渄issection鈥 of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging.
- Researchers have caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then "burping"鈥攏ot once, but twice.
- The cross-campus Grand Challenge initiative this week announced the selection of three new additions to the Grand Challenge portfolio starting this fall.
- After a highly successful mission, the Cassini spacecraft will give up Saturn's last secrets to 色戒成人直播 scientists before disintegrating in the planet's dense atmosphere Sept. 15.
- Tremendous amounts of soot following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, according to a news release from NCAR.
- 色戒成人直播 program helps underserved and underrepresented students in the STEM fields gain valuable research experience for graduate school.
- Three 色戒成人直播 students are among 36 nationwide who have won 2017 Brooke Owens Fellowships for 鈥渆xceptional undergraduate women鈥 seeking careers in aviation and space exploration.
- Solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere, transforming Mars from a planet that could have supported life billions of years ago into a frigid desert world.