Category: Space
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Mapping the Best Route for a Spacecraft Traveling Beyond the Sun’s Sphere of Influence
A University of Michigan-led study provides recommendations to better understand the size and shape of our home in the heliosphere.
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Welling Named Director of the Center for Space Environment Modeling
Assistant Professor Dan Welling will lead the Center for Space Environment Modeling as the new director.
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Tracking Undetectable Space Junk
Colliding pieces of space debris emit electric signals that could help track small debris littering Earth’s orbit, potentially saving satellites and spacecraft.
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New Theory Explains How Magnetic Switchbacks Form in the Solar Wind
A new study led by Dr. Gabor Toth develops a theory of how magnetic switchbacks are formed around the Sun.
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CLEAR Center Launched at U-M Climate & Space to Improve Space Weather Forecasting
Better forecasting could protect astronauts and instruments from solar eruptions that release damaging, high-energy particles.
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Researchers Uncover the Details of Century-Long Storms on Saturn
In a new study led by Dr. Cheng Li, researchers uncover the mysteries of Saturn’s hundred-year storms and the impacts on Saturn’s atmosphere.
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Space Weather Modeling Framework Users Present Advancements in Science Technology
The University of Michigan Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering will host scientists, developers, and scholars from around the world during the Space Weather Modeling Framework User Meeting on March 2-3, 2023.
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Annual Spencer Lecture Features NASA Director of Planetary Science Lori Glaze
On March 9, 2023, the Nelson W. Spencer Lecture will feature Dr. Lori Glaze, the director of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division.
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Expanding the CYGNSS Mission: Tracking Ocean Microplastics from Space
Microplastic pollution can be spotted from space because its traveling companion alters the roughness of the ocean’s surface.
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NEMISIS Investigation Selected for NASA Geospace Dynamics Constellation Mission
NASA has selected the final investigations for its flagship mission, the Geospace Dynamics Constellation, which include NEMISIS to be led by Prof. Mark Moldwin.
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New Space Innovation Laboratory To Support Research and Mission Planning
The new Leinweber Space Innovation Laboratory is coming to the Climate and Space Research Building in 2024.
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Alumna Aisha Bowe Goes to Space
Aisha Bowe will make history when she boards an upcoming Blue Origin flight that will cross the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. She will be the first female U-M alum and sixth Black woman to do so.
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Science Magazine
The engineers, researchers, and leaders at the Space Physics Research Laboratory are making headlines with their innovative work.
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Space Physics Q&A: An Interview with Senior Engineer in Research Samantha Vaughn
Samantha Vaughn works as Senior Engineer in Research at the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) and XTRM Labs. In this Q&A, she shares some of her technical work at SPRL.
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U-M Faculty Recognition Award Presented to Jia
A physicist who teaches space physics and space weather modeling, Xianzhe Jia’s discoveries have made a profound impact on the field of planetary science.
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Research on Designing a Next-Gen Heavy Ion Composition Spectrometer Earns Student a NASA Fellowship
Tyler Eddy has been selected to receive the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology fellowship.