Space

  • Supermoon
    Nov. 14, 2016                      Right before sunrise on Monday, something really super is going to happen. That’s when we’ll be treated to a
  • NOAA  satellite Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder space weather
    Solar flares could damage satellites, trigger radio blackouts and even threaten the health of astronauts by penetrating spacecraft shielding. That's why scientists are on a quest to better understand space weather, and a soon-to-launch instrument package will help.
  • galaxy
    A team of astronomers, including one from Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, used the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to find the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy, leaving only the smaller galaxy's nearly-naked supermassive black hole to emerge and speed away at more than 2,000 miles per second. 
  • Mars Maven mission water escape
    A NASA mission to Mars led by Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has shown that water escaping from the planet's atmosphere is driven in large part by how close it is to the sun.
  • Mars is seen in ultraviolet images throughout the day.
    New global images of Mars from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission being led by Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder show the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedented detail, revealing dynamic, previously invisible behavior.
  • MAVEN's Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph obtained this image of Mars on July 13, 2016, when the planet appeared nearly full when viewed from the highest altitudes in the MAVEN orbit. The ultraviolet colors of the planet have been rendered in false color, to show what we would see with ultraviolet-sensitive eyes. The ultraviolet (UV) view gives several new perspectives on Mars.
    Today, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, which is being led by the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, completed one Mars year of science observations. One Mars year is just under two Earth years.
  • International Space Station
    If you gaze at the night sky from Earth in just the right place, you will see the International Space Station (ISS), a bright speck of light hurtling through space at 5 miles per second as it orbits 220 miles above the planet. And if you were an astronaut floating around inside the station, you would see high-tech hardware and experiments designed and built at Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder.
  • An Atlas V rocket carried the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft into space last night.
    A NASA mission involving Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:05 p.m. MDT Thursday night and is on its way to explore an asteroid, setting the stage for a better understanding of the evolution of our solar system.  
  • An illustration depicts the OSIRIS-REx craft near the Bennu asteroid.
    NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, set for launch Sept. 8 and which involves Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers, is designed to snag a sample from the surface of a near-Earth asteroid for study. The spacecraft will fly more than 1 billion miles in two years before reporting for duty at the asteroid known as Bennu.
  • Students wearing space suits
    Capitalizing on its reputation as a top public university in space research, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has launched a brand new Space Minor program for all undergraduate students. Students are invited to learn more at an event 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Fiske Planetarium. The event will feature astronaut Jim Voss - and pizza and drinks.
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