Stories on space

  1. Space-based methane maps find largest U.S. signal in Southwest

    Space-based methane maps find largest U.S. signal in Southwest

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    Mars MAVEN arrival: U-M scientists available for comment

  3. 'For a couple hundred dollars, you can get to the edge of space'

    ‘For a couple hundred dollars, you can get to the edge of space’

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    Former astronaut Mae Jemison to speak at U-M

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    New building, renovation will provide needed space at Ross School of Business

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    New facility will house biological sciences, museums

  7. 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research

    ‘Standing on a comet’: Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research

  8. U-M space weather model picked to improve US warning system

    U-M space weather model picked to improve US warning system

  9. 'We may be able to watch dark energy turn on': U-M involved in unprecedented sky survey

    ‘We may be able to watch dark energy turn on’: U-M involved in unprecedented sky survey

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    U-M celebrates Curiosity’s first year on the Red Planet

  11. Kickstarting tiny satellites into interplanetary space

    Kickstarting tiny satellites into interplanetary space

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    SpaceX experts: U-M aerospace engineers can comment on upcoming launch

  13. A natural zoom lens in space has enabled astronomers to build new high-resolution images of one of the brightest distant galaxies magnified through a phenomenon called “gravitational lensing.”

    Warped space lens provides zoomed-in image of faraway galaxy

  14. The MESSENGER spacecraft is currently in orbit around planet Mercury. The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) on board is taking the first global measurements of the charged particles in Mercury's space environment. FIPS found that at the magnetic cusps near the planet's poles, the solar wind is able to bear down on Mercury enough to blast particles from its surface into its wispy atmosphere. Shannon Kohlitz, Media Academica, LLC

    Extreme space weather at Mercury blasts the planet’s poles

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    RAX in space

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    Michigan astronomer to search in space for precursors of life

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    Organic molecules in space

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    Learn about university role in space exploration as U-M lab turns 60

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    Extreme weather formation and aftermath experts available

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    U-M space instrument findings to be revealed at NASA news conference