Space
Planetary scientist Shannon Curry has spent her career exploring why Earth, Mars and Venus look so different today. Her findings may shape how scientists search for life in other worlds, and could help keep astronauts safe as they venture into space.
A new instrument built at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder will capture tiny particles streaming into our solar system from the galaxy beyond.
Maryam Shakiba is studying complex composite materials with machine learning to make stronger and lighter aircraft for the Navy.
Over several white-knuckle months, an operations team at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics brought a small satellite back from the dead—just in time to explore a region of space known as Very Low Earth Orbit.
Researchers are helping lead efforts to plan NASA's next-generation large space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will be the first telescope specifically designed to identify habitable, Earth-like planets.
A company founded by LASP researchers has been awarded one of ten NASA TechLeap Prizes for the development of a system that will use electron beams to charge lunar dust to repel and remove it from surfaces, including spacesuits and solar panels.
Ten years ago, a pioneering spacecraft flew past Pluto, sending startling images of the dwarf planet back to Earth. Current and former students at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder reflect on their time working on the mission.
Anant Telikicherla is developing new instrumentation to improve the space weather forecasting of damaging solar flares.
In the not-so-distant future, humans could train to operate robots on the moon using hyper-realistic virtual reality simulations, or "digital twins."
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has established the Colorado Space Policy Center—designed for original research; discussion and debate on space policy issues; educational programming and more.