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. |
SPRL Moves New SPICES Instrument Closer to Realization
In an effort to demystify the chemical make-up of the solar wind, the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) has developed an instrument capable of accelerating particles faster than ever before onboard a spacecraft, improving their identification.
“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
Seeing the Sun in a New Light
For University of Michigan researchers who have dedicated their careers to building a better understanding of the sun, the eclipse holds a different allure: the chance to gather scientific data that’s normally overshadowed by the sun’s blinding light in the visible spectrum and the constant buzz of radio noise at longer electromagnetic wavelengths.
U-M Student Team to Help Fill the Inflatable Void in NASA Challenge
A team of student engineers at the University of Michigan will research, design, and demonstrate novel inflatable systems configured for future lunar operations through a NASA-sponsored engineering competition.
“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
U-M Astronomers Conduct First Search for Forming Planets
U-M astronomers are involved in a trio of studies that will use images from the James Webb Space Telescope to try to find early clues about the ways in which planets form, and how these planets influence their natal disk.
Coronacast: U-M Students Model the Total Solar Eclipse
A group of students and researchers at the U-M Department of Climate and Space will team up with researchers at the University of Texas, Arlington, to study the Total Solar Eclipse, as it crosses much of the United States in 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