A University of Michigan student team was featured in “NASA Announces Winners of Inaugural Human Lander Challenge” for NASA Newsroom. NASA announced the University of Michigan team to be the winner of the inaugural Human Lander Challenge, a challenge designed to provide solutions for landing humans on the moon. | June 28, 2024
Category: In the Media
“Final Design of the ELT’s METIS Instrument Completed”
University of Michigan Astronomy was featured in “Final Design of the ELT’s METIS Instrument Completed” in the European Southern Observatory Announcements. METIS is a first-generation instrument on the world’s biggest eye on the sky, the ELT, meaning it will start operating when or shortly after the telescope itself starts observing the skies. |
“Dr. Michael Liemohn featured in TESS Pre-Eclipse Live Broadcast”
Dr. Michael Liemohn, professor at U-M Climate and Space, was featured in the “TESS Pre-Eclipse Live Broadcast” for the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit, which is a joint meeting of the American Geophysical Union and the American Astronomical Society. | April 8, 2024
“U-M Researchers to Guide Students Nationwide in Gathering Data During Monday’s Solar Eclipse”
Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, assistant research scientist at U-M Climate and Space, was featured in “U of M researchers to guide students nationwide in gathering data during Monday’s solar eclipse” for Michigan Advance. | April 8, 2024
“Mapping the Best Route for a Spacecraft Traveling Beyond the Sun’s Sphere of Influence”
Dr. Sarah A. Spitzer, postdoctoral research fellow at U-M Climate and Space, was featured in “Mapping the best route for a spacecraft traveling beyond the sun’s sphere of influence” for Phys.org. | March 29, 2024
“Northern Lights Slash a Surprising Amount of Winter Energy Bills. Here’s Why.”
Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen, professor at U-M Climate and Space, was featured in “Northern lights slash a surprising amount of winter energy bills. Here’s why” for The Washington Post. | March 23, 2024
“Solar Eclipse 2024: What Time and Other Answers from a Michigan Astronomer”
Ted Bergin, professor and chair of astronomy at the University of Michigan, was interviewed in “Solar eclipse 2024: What time and other answers from a Michigan astronomer” for Bridge Michigan. | March 20, 2024
“Training Future Space Explorers”
Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, assistant research scientist at U-M Climate and Space, wrote an article called “Training future space explorers” for Science. | March 14, 2024
“Bees Can Tell If There’s a Storm on the Sun”
Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen, professor at U-M Climate and Space, was interviewed for “Bees can tell if there’s a storm on the sun!!!!” for FOX 2 News. | March 14, 2024
“Shields Up: New Ideas Might Make Active Shielding Viable”
The work of engineers at the Space Physics Research Laboratory, which is housed at the University of Michigan, and space scientists around the world was featured in an article by ARS Technica entitled “Shields up: New ideas might make active shielding viable.” | March 11, 2024