For 75 years, CU 麻豆影院 has been a leader in space exploration and innovation. We travel to space to monitor sea level rise, melting ice, weather patterns and more. Our researchers explore how to track and remove dangerous debris in space. We research the health of humans in space to inform medical applications for people on Earth.听Learn more about the latest in space research and science at CU 麻豆影院.
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The Moon

Fossilized feature records moon's slow retreat from Earth

Feb. 6, 2018

The moon's excessive equatorial bulge, frozen into place over 4 billion years ago, may contain secrets of Earth's early history.

Andromeda galaxy

Supermassive black holes can feast on one star per year

Feb. 1, 2018

During post-galactic merger periods, orbiting stars can be flung into supermassive black holes and destroyed at a rate of one per year.

SES satellite

GOLD space weather instrument launches

Jan. 25, 2018

NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument, built by CU 麻豆影院, will study space weather in the Earth's upper atmosphere.

Mars surface

Dust storms linked to gas escape from Martian atmosphere

Jan. 22, 2018

Rising air during global dust storms on Mars hoists water vapor high in the the planet's atmosphere, new research shows.

black hole

Researchers catch supermassive black hole burping...twice

Jan. 11, 2018

Researchers have caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then "burping" not once, but twice.

Student-created satellite during long-range field testing

How a student satellite solved a major space mystery

Dec. 13, 2017

A 60-year-old mystery regarding the source of energetic and potentially damaging particles in Earth's radiation belts is now solved, thanks to a satellite built and operated by students.

Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1) instrument suite

CU 麻豆影院 solar instruments, experiments headed for space

Dec. 8, 2017

A solar instrument package designed to help monitor the planet's climate is now set for launch Dec. 12 aboard a SpaceX rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

hot jupiter

Team set to study evaporating atmospheres of 'hot Jupiters'

Oct. 31, 2017

A CU 麻豆影院 team will build a tiny orbiting satellite to study the evaporating atmospheres of gigantic "hot Jupiters," gaseous planets orbiting scorchingly close to parent stars. Watch the video.

A young Hisako Koyama

New study highlights 'hidden figure' of sun-watchers

Oct. 25, 2017

Few have heard of Hisako Koyama, but her work places her among the top solar observers of the past four centuries, alongside names like Galileo, according to new research.

Illustration of two neutron stars just before colliding

When stars collide: CU 麻豆影院 professor explains this week's dense discovery

Oct. 17, 2017

The announcement yesterday that international scientists had discovered the first-ever evidence of the collision of two neutron stars rocked well beyond the science world. Watch the video.

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