The People Behind SPAR: Eric Viges

Lead Author and U-M Climate and Space Alumnus Dr. Agnit Mukhopadhyay was interviewed for the article “Sunscreen, Clothing and Caves May Have Given Modern Humans an Edge Over Neanderthals When Earth’s Magnetic Field Wandered” in Smithsonian Magazine. The article covers the paper “Wandering of the auroral oval 41,000 years ago” which has been published in Continue Reading »
Noah Vogel, a U-M Aerospace Engineering student, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Power Grant in the amount of $5,000, for his project “BLiSS Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Deposition Project” in March 2025.
“The Bioastronautics and Life Support Systems team (BLiSS) is a student-led organization at the University of Michigan focused on developing technologies Continue Reading »
The NASA Parker Solar Probe, a mission led by Principal Investigator Dr. Justin Kasper of the University of Michigan Department of Climate and Space, was featured on SciTechDaily.com about completing its 23rd close encounter with the Sun. The probe was featured in the article “NASA’s Parker Probe Just Flew Through Solar Fire at 430,000 Continue Reading »