Dr. Ricardo Vinuesa, associate professor of aerospace engineering at Michigan Aerospace Engineering, was featured in The New York Post article “‘Catastrophic’ airplane turbulence is only getting worse — go inside the billion-dollar race to solve it.” The article discusses how AI can be used to design aircraft that can fly through turbulence Continue Reading »
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NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Evaluates U-M Team at NASA SUITS Challenge
The University of Michigan's Collaborative Lab for Advancing Work in Space (CLAWS) was one of ten finalist teams selected for the NASA SUITS Challenge in May and became the only finalist to receive a direct evaluation from NASA astronaut Anne McClain.
Designing Memory-centric Chips for Future Space Telescopes
An SRAM chip design could avoid data-movement bottlenecks, helping next-generation telescopes image Earth-like planets orbiting distant suns.
Mercury has Part-time Radiation Belts
Scientists thought Mercury’s magnetic field was disrupted by the sun too often to trap a radiation belt, but new analysis of MESSENGER data says that’s not always the case.
From up on High: A View from Space for a Future for Small Farms
For decades, satellites have helped scientists observe Earth’s changing landscapes. Now, they could also help answer one of agriculture’s most pressing questions: How can the world produce more food while reducing its environmental impact?
NASA’s CYGNSS Transformed Earth Science by Creatively Tuning in to GPS Signals
When NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) launched into orbit in 2016, none of the University of Michigan Engineers who developed the system expected it to transform earth science. They certainly had high hopes for the system’s original mission to improve hurricane forecasting, but its ability to pick up reflected GPS signals also proved useful for so much more.
“Radical Proposal Would Block Solar Storms with Orbital ‘Airbag'”
Dr. Dan Welling, Assistant Professor at U-M Climate and Space, was interviewed for the article “Radical proposal would block solar storms with orbital ‘airbag’: Gases released from satellites could slash the threat of severe space weather” in Science. | June 2, 2026
U-M Joins MOSAIC Build Team to Power Next Generation of Astronomers
A new partnership between the University of Michigan and an intergovernmental research organization will expand the scope of possibilities for astronomers studying the universe’s first stars and galaxies and how dark matter and dark energy have evolved to the present day. Using the world’s largest telescope and its most complex instrument, U-M scientists will be able to study how the Milky Way gained its mass and shape, how other galaxies were formed, how matter is distributed in the universe and how all of these things have changed over time.
“NASA is Testing an AI Model to Protect Artemis II Astronauts from Solar Radiation”
Lulu Zhao, assistant professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, and principal investigator of U-M’s CLEAR Center was featured on Earth.com in the article “NASA is Testing an AI Model to Protect Artemis II Astronauts from Solar Radiation.” The article discusses how the CLEAR Center is providing forecasts of dangerous solar radiation Continue Reading »
Providing the Artemis Mission with Solar Radiation Forecasts
In the Artemis II mission, NASA will test out a pair of new solar radiation forecasts, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, designed to protect astronauts venturing away from Earth. These could warn NASA of solar particle radiation hazards up to 24 hours in advance