Space
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ has established the Colorado Space Policy Center—designed for original research; discussion and debate on space policy issues; educational programming and more.
A $2.5 million donation will establish a new endowed professorship in space policy and law, with broad implications for national security, global communications, navigation, weather forecasting and international collaboration.
Employees in the Space Weather Prediction Center created a simulated space weather event to help foster communication and teamwork.
For six weeks this summer, scientists from across the country, including researchers at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, are criss-crossing the Great Plains to investigate how hailstorms form—and how homeowners and builders can protect their properties.
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, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ 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. ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ'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.