Dr. Cheng Li, an assistant professor at U-M Climate and Space, was featured in “The Seven Most Interesting Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Saturn” for Smithsonian Magazine. Li unveiled the cause of Saturn’s giant storms that sometimes last for months. | September 16, 2024
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Leinweber Innovation Lab Celebrates Grand Opening
A new, revolutionary space celebrated a grand opening on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, as project leaders cut the ribbon to present the Leinweber Innovation Laboratory to the University of Michigan and the greater science community.
“Awaiting their Return from Space”
Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, an assistant research scientist at U-M Climate and Space, discussed the challenges of a “space rescue” for stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, as well as the risks involved with the Boeing Crew Flight Test in the episode “Awaiting their Return from Space” published on The Continue Reading »
NASA Selects Participating Scientists to Join ESA’s Hera Mission
A scientist from the University of Michigan’s Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering is among the dozen selected by NASA for the Hera mission, an ESA planetary defense mission slated to launch later this year.
Michigan Geospace Model Leads to Accurate Warnings Before Historic Geomagnetic Storm
The Geospace model is a specific configuration of the University of Michigan’s Space Weather Modeling Framework, and was key in the creation of warnings and alerts before the historic G5 Storm that brought Aurora to every state in the U.S.
“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.
“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
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.