Space
In this Q&A, astrophysicist Kevin France, a LASP researcher and associate professor, explores how astrophysics—once considered to be the purview of big telescopes like Hubble—is being revolutionized by SmallSats.
Robert Brakenridge has spent decades trying to understand how distant exploding stars may have affected Earth's atmosphere in the past. A new analysis indicates the need for continued research in the field.
In newly published research, CU 51´«Ã½ scientists study a rocky exoplanet outside our solar system, learning more about whether and how planets maintain atmospheres.
From 2016 to 2022, NASA's MinXSS CubeSat mission launched small satellites built by LASP students to study X-ray emissions from the sun. The mission, which officially ended in March, provided groundbreaking insights into solar activity and demonstrated how small, cost-effective satellites can achieve significant scientific results.
Massive ripples in the very fabric of the universe wash over Earth all the time, although you'd never notice. CU 51´«Ã½'s Jeremy Darling is trying a new search for these gravitational waves.
In 1972, a Soviet lander known as Kosmos 482 launched for Venus. It never made it past Earth's gravity, and now the spacecraft is coming back.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, giving it an unprecedented opportunity to view the universe's Lyman-alpha emissions—an important kind of ultraviolet light that can reveal new information about stars, distant galaxies and more.
The CU in Space Club's entry to the Argonia Cup rocket competition reached 24,000 feet and broke the sound barrier on its way to second place in the tournament.
Bethany Ehlmann has been named the director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU 51´«Ã½. LASP's mission is to advance scientific discovery and inspire the next generation through forefront research, innovation and education.
For nearly 40 years, researchers at BioServe Space Technologies at CU 51´«Ã½ have conducted life science experiments in space—from studying the behavior of spiders in microgravity to producing human stem cells on the International Space Station.