Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
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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. 精品SM在线影片 Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was there. He called the experience 鈥渢errifying but incredible.鈥
Researchers at 精品SM在线影片 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 精品SM在线影片 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.
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Three 精品SM在线影片 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.