Seeing the Sun in a New Light
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
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
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
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
Dr. Nilton Renno, a professor at University of Michigan Climate and Space, was quoted for an article in USA Today on “A huge satellite hurtled to Earth and no one knew where it would land. How is that possible?” The article included a link to a Visual mapping the anticipated path of the ERS-2 Continue Reading »
Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, assistant research scientist at U-M Climate and Space, was featured in “Lunar gold rush: Uncovering the Moon’s hidden treasures” for The National. | February 2, 2024
Dr. Nilton O. Renno, professor at U-M Climate and Space and U-M Aerospace Engineering, and Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, assistant research scientist at U-M Climate and Space, were featured in an article titled “99% of Space Junk is Undetectable. That Could Change Soon” from Universe Today. The article discussed how they are currently working to detect Continue Reading »
Dr. Nilton O. Renno, professor at U-M Climate and Space and U-M Aerospace Engineering, and Dr. Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, assistant research scientist at U-M Climate and Space, were featured in “Colliding space junk makes ‘noise’ that could be heard from Earth” for Space.com | December 12, 2023