Space
In amusement park-like experiments on campus, aerospace engineers at CU 51´«Ã½ are spinning, shaking and rocking people to study the disorientation and nausea that come from traveling from Earth to space and back again.
A recent CU 51´«Ã½ study suggests confined flares are more efficient at heating plasma and producing ionizing radiation than comparable eruptive flares.
Alex Meyer is an astrodynamics expert, engineer, doctoral student and now part of the night sky. The International Astronomical Union has officially named an asteroid after him.
Mitchell Begelman and a team of other astronomers, including Joe Silk, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, published their findings in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, suggesting that new theories of galactic creation are needed to explain the existence of these huge black holes.
In February, a lander named Odysseus designed by the company Intuitive Machines is scheduled to touch down on the moon, returning U.S. science to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years. Astrophysicists from CU 51´«Ã½ will be along for the ride.
Scientists and engineers at the CU 51´«Ã½ will soon take part in an effort to collect a bit of stardust—the tiny bits of matter that flow through the Milky Way Galaxy and were once the initial building blocks of our solar system.
Dezell Turner loves orbital design, a critical step in planning any space mission, and he is plotting out a way to streamline the complex process with an interactive, augmented reality tool.
The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) spacecraft, led by a team of scientists from CU 51´«Ã½, is about the size of a cereal box. It has also recorded incredibly detailed measurements of the atmospheres of planets hundreds of light-years from Earth.
CU 51´«Ã½ researchers attracted a record $684.2 million in fiscal year 2022–23 for studies that, among other things, elevate quantum science in Colorado, solve mysteries about the sun and provide even better data on sea ice, ice sheets, glaciers and more.
CU 51´«Ã½ aerospace graduates are building the economy and future of the industry with aviation and space startup businesses.