With old IMAX projector bulbs, Michigan Engineers simulate the sun.
Space
Key Parker Solar Probe sensor bests sun simulator—last launch hurdle
Podcast: The X3 Thruster
Hear Dean Gallimore and recent PhD graduate Scott Hall discuss the X3 “Mars engine” on the new podcast “The High Five.”
Meteor over Michigan: How dangerous are space hazards like bolides?
Around 8 pm on Jan. 16, people across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio witnessed a meteor exploding in Earth’s atmosphere.
CLASP celebrates 2017 Nelson W. Spencer Lecture
Professor Margaret Kivelson’s lecture titled, “Magnetic Structures in the Solar System” was followed by a conversation with daughter U-M Professor Valerie A. Kivelson.
Thruster for Mars mission breaks records
The most powerful Hall thruster the world has ever seen showed its mettle at NASA Glenn
Solar storm: U-M model’s predictions ‘a remarkable achievement’
A space weather tool Michigan Engineers developed was used to produce animations that show predictions of how the recent storm would distort Earth’s magnetic field.
