Flying high at the Spaceport America Cup
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Kian Arian Ben-Jacob’s passion for aeronautics lifts his work to new heights at the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket engineering competition for student rocketeers.
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Gravitational waves thrum through the cosmos
Tanmoy Laskar talks with @theU about an exciting announcement—gravitational waves are thrumming throughout the universe, distorting the fabric of space and time.
Read MoreAsteroid (433512) Hollyholman named after U researcher
U outreach presenter Patrick Wiggans named asteroid (4533512) Hollyholman after his friend, U biomedical engineering professor Holly Holman.
Read MoreBOOM! A meteor crashes across Utah’s sky
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On the morning of Aug. 13, a mysterious boom rattled windows and Utahns’ nerves across the Wasatch Front.
Read MoreU astronomers tackle decade’s biggest questions
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The innovative research from U physics and astronomy hit the areas that the national community determined as priorities in a once-in-a-decade report that guides the direction of astro-research for years to come.
Read MoreWatch launch of biggest, most powerful telescope
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U astronomer Anil Seth explains why the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope was a cosmically huge deal.
Read MoreWaste of space
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University of Utah engineers develop better method for cleaning up orbiting space junk.
Read MoreNew effort to map the universe, unravel mysteries of ‘dark energy’
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The international collaboration that includes the University of Utah aims to construct a 3-D map of the universe in more detail than ever before.
Read MorePerseverance Rover’s journey to Mars
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U alum Thomas Stucky, a KBRwyle engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center, talked about NASA’s mission to search for life on Mars—and prepare for future human explorers.
Read MoreA reversal of Earth’s geomagnetic field
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Approximately 42,000 years ago the Earth’s geomagnetic field reversed, triggering dramatic climate shifts and fueling ecological change on a global scale.
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