Unlocking Space Science: The Analyst's Notebook and Its Legacy at WashU
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Unlocking Space Science: The Analyst's Notebook and Its Legacy at WashU
Errando and Konecky have been promoted
Earth’s rocks hold whiffs of air from billions of years ago
Science
Unveiling cosmic mysteries: The TIGERISS mission prepares for liftoff
Science Magazine
EEPS Research Roundup February 2025
Undergraduate Research: opening doors, sparking new ideas, and shaping the next generation of physicists
WashU-led astrophysics mission lands its spot on space station
High-Flying Science: How and Why We Sent a Refrigerator Halfway to Space
New complexity emerges in Earth’s ‘boring’ middle region
Graduate Student Chun Huang discusses new neutron star radius measurement method with AAS
Understanding the workings of the vast universe and taking science beyond Earth
Exploring Venus may require exotic tech like balloons and 'aerobots'
Pioneering lunar scientist awarded emeritus status
‘Up and Atom!’: Witness this month’s planetary parade at Crow Observatory
Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss
Returning to his roots: Joe Guinness, AB ’07, helps grow a new department
NASA’s Juno Mission Uncovers Heart of Jovian Moon’s Volcanic Rage
Bhupal Dev awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship
Wash U Astrophysicist says advancements from space station research are 'hard to grasp'
Geology team evaluates lunar landing locations
Bridges to the Moon
Perseverance Rover hunts rare earth elements on Mars
What is the solar maximum?
What makes an exoplanet a sub-Neptune?
Washington University Physics Research Symposium (WUPRS) Celebrates Sixth Year of Collaboration and Innovation
NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions
A high-tech way to track an age-old problem
Fire & Ice
NASA mission will determine if a moon of Jupiter can sustain life
Solar System: volcano worlds
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opening
WashU professor talks about New Madrid seismic zone
NASA balloons study atmosphere and cosmos
EEPS Research Roundup: 2023 - 2024
Europa Clipper launch was 'mind-bogglingly intense' says Wash U Professor
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launches
Europa is an icy ocean world—and NASA is finally going to explore it
Lucy in the Sky with Asteroids: 2024 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures
Using drone imagery to help the slow loris
WashU-led team launches space mission with quantum sensor technology
APS Dissertation Award
NASA’s Europa Clipper prepares for launch
Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff
A giant hole in Siberia is visible from space and growing rapidly. It might reveal hints about our planet's future
Empowering voices: highlights from a recent conference
Welcome to MCSS: Karthik Ramanathan
Field Notes: South Pacific
Deciphering the mysteries of planetary formation
Hunting meteorites in Antarctica (with Scott VanBommel)
Can We Burn Uranus? Dead Planets Society Podcast
Is Mercury retrograde messing with you? Think again.
Shooting for the Moon
NASA’s Perseverance Rover uncovers rock with features that may indicate Mars hosted life
Perseid meteor shower hits its peak
Ancient grains of dust from space can be found on Earth − and provide clues about the life cycle of stars
Chang'e 6 brought rocks from the far side of the Moon back to Earth − a planetary scientist explains what this sample could hold
MCSS Newsletter - Summer 2024
WRANGL3R: Rover-mounted drill sensor for water resource survey on the Moon
Best minds in space exploration converge on St. Louis as Washington University helps fuel Artemis 3 moon mission
The discovery of native sulfur on Mars
McDonnell Center Postdoc Andrea Gokus has won a Fermi grant
From Apollo to Artemis: unlocking the Moon's secrets
Active volcanoes may be common on Venus
Exploring unseen forces shaping the universe
Balloon mission measures X-rays en route from Arctic Sweden to northern Canada
XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes
Moon ‘swirls’ could be magnetized by unseen magmas
Surprising phosphate finding in asteroid sample
China Makes History with First-Ever Samples from the Moon’s Far Side
Scorching temperatures persist as heat wave expands, with record-breaking temperatures expected across U.S.
Nowak named Associate Director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
What does a meteorite taste like? Someone found out and bottled it.
Breaking the cold barrier: searching for the nature of dark matter with new dilution refrigerator
Uncovering new worlds with Professor Tansu Daylan
We could float effortlessly in Pluto's subsurface ocean
Venus UnXplained
Collado named an Astronaut Scholar
Rivers of lava on Venus reveal a more volcanically active planet
Earth’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is growing
Pluto Has an Ocean of Liquid Water Surrounded by a 40-80 km Ice Shell
WashU theorists help advance nuclear physics research at DOE facility
Venus Might Still Have Active Volcanoes, as Recent Lava Flows Suggest ‘Ongoing’ Eruptions
XL-Calibur telescope set for balloon flight from Arctic Circle
Peering into Pluto's ocean
Astronomy conference travel is on par with Africa’s per-capita carbon footprint
Okawa selected for URA fellowship at Fermilab
China's Chang'e-6 launches successfully — what happens next?
Bethany Ehlmann to receive honorary degree at WashU’s 163rd Commencement
Mars may have been more Earth-like than we thought, discovery of oxygen-rich rocks reveals
Physics student Brodie selected for prestigious DOE program
Harte, Ehlmann to address undergraduate Class of 2024
Astronomers share climate-friendly meeting solutions
Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global ocean under its ice
Our picture of habitability on Europa, a top contender for hosting life, is changing
Antarctic ice shelf the size of France suddenly JUMPS twice a day - and scientists warn it could trigger a devastating icequake
Venus Exploration Remains Key To Understanding Exo-Earths, Says Paper
Recognizing graduate student excellence in research, teaching
TGI-funded Project Uses Geospatial Tech to Study Permafrost, Plants, and Wildfire
WashU alum leads a recently deployed NASA mission to detect gamma-rays from cosmic explosions
Celebrating faculty retirements
Interplanetary rockstar
NASA’s Artemis astronauts will help grow crops on the Moon—and much more
Our Galaxy’s biggest black hole just got a new close-up
Unlocking the secrets of the Universe
WashU to manage data for instrument on Artemis moon mission
The View From Here 04.15.24
“It was surreal” — WashU students, staff, and faculty view eclipse
WashU Expert: Tremor a reminder that East Coast, Midwest earthquake threat is real
Finding the Story in the Stones
An Ice Body the Size of France Is Mysteriously Shifting Every Day. No One Knows Why.
‘Light waves’ danced just before eclipse in Missouri. Scientists had waited years for them.
Solar eclipse plunges Illinois and Missouri into darkness as the celestial spectacle dazzles
What will St. Louis see during Monday’s solar eclipse?
Does Jupiter’s moon Europa have a habitable ocean, or not?
Masteller wins NSF CAREER award
St. Louis scientists nab $3 million to further moon exploration research
Jupiter’s ocean moon may be dead inside
WashU Scientists Plan for Trip South of St. Louis to View the Total Solar Eclipse at Public Event
Largest ice shelf in Antarctica lurches forward once or twice each day
Pacific rock samples offer a glimpse of an active Earth 2.5 billion years ago
NASA grant helps WashU scientists develop tech for lunar research
Cosmochemistry: Why study it? What can it teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Dr. Daylan teaches how exoplanets are discovered and characterized
Piarulli promoted with tenure
Opinion: Mars rocks are a science prize the U.S. can’t afford to lose
Roger Michaelides wins NASA fellowship for early-career researchers
Krawczynski installed as Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor of Physics
With NASA support, device for future lunar mission being developed at WashU
NASA and Russian satellites just miss in ‘too close for comfort’ pass
Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars
Parai and Byrne granted tenure
2024 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures will discuss supermassive black holes
The “Nested Doll” Nucleus Nitrogen-9 Stretches the Definition of a Nucleus to the Limit
Dr. Ferrer explains the eclipse that made Einstein famous
Still need eclipse plans? You can see it from the sky on this Southwest flight
Master Minds Podcast interviews Professor Mark Alford
Saturday Scholars
Paper selected for the MAS Macres Award
The ties that bind
How solar eclipses have shaped civilizations throughout history
Fallon awarded the Baines Family Planetary Science Scholarship
Get your eclipse fix during Saturday Science events
Paul Byrne elected to the 2024 class of The Explorer's Club
SuperTIGER Rescue Rangers return to the ice
It's been a 'wild' ride for the comet sampled by NASA's Stardust mission
Searching for dark matter
Eighteen Years After Stardust Mission, the Solar System’s wild past becomes clearer
Geospatial Research Initiative Announces Seed Grant Funding
Scientists and space agencies are shooting for the Moon – 5 essential reads on modern lunar missions
Good turnout at the Graduate School and REU Fair
Samples from a Wild comet reveal a surprising past
2023 was the second-warmest year on record in St. Louis. Here’s what that means
Steve Fossett Postdoctoral Fellowship
ExoCup@WashU
Should we send humans to Venus?
Fall 2023 Student Awards
Asteroid Bennu samples have arrived on campus for analysis
Preparing for a Leap
Rare Six-Planet Star System Discovered in Milky Way
Growers say droughts damaged real Christmas trees
Separating out signals recorded at the seafloor
Could 2023 be the hottest year on record? The outlook for climate tipping points and catastrophes
Can a private space mission pierce Venus's clouds?
Teraelectronvolt Astrophysics of Relativistic Jets
Trick-or-treating at Venus
Undergraduate Research Symposium - Fall 2023
Lead Scientist of Mars Sample Return Program Gives Lecture on Bringing Mars to Earth
Study links changes in global water cycle to higher temperatures
Bradley Jolliff: “We’ll develop the surface science plan for the Artemis III mission“
Strong evidence found for new light isotope of nitrogen
New global topographic map unveils unique distortions on Enceladus
Asteroid analyses by WashU researchers featured on journal cover
Graduate students recognized for research excellence
Samples from asteroid Bennu contain the key ingredients of life
Exploring stellar hydrogen burning via muons and nuclei
NASA's Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid. Here's why
Postdoctoral Quantum Monte Carlo Group Fellowship Opening
The story of Earth's atmosphere
2023 Walker Distinguished Lectures will discuss bringing Mars samples back to Earth
Io is a Volcanic hellscape of fire and ice: Let's go explore it
in:SPACE Influencer Paul Byrne
Tyson observatory is WashU’s dark sky site
Is it possible to turn Venus from boiling hellscape to liveable world?
From Missouri to Mars: WashU alum engineers career in space research
Hunting supermassive black holes in the early Universe
Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration
Chen and Yuan win NSF grant to simulate pulsars at WashU
Introducing the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Flashes in Venus’ atmosphere might be meteors, not lightning
Physicist Yuan joins Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics
In 15 Years, We Might Put Messi On The Moon — But Should We?
Pacific Puzzles: How El Niño and La Niña Are Changing Their Dance
NASA selects geology team for the first crewed Artemis landing
New Center for the Environment begins work
Environmental Science: It’s a Summer of Record-Breaking Heat With More Dangerously Hot Summers Ahead From Global Warming
Professor Ray Arvidson granted Earth Science in United States Leader Award
Ogliore and Wang selected as members of the Mars Sample Return Measurement Definition Team
NASA partnership is 'a jewel in WashU's crown'
Jolliff selected for geology team for lunar landing mission
St. Louis scientists say brown carbon from wildfires is more dangerous than they thought
Study: Atmospheric circulation weakens following volcanic eruptions
Scientists find possible evidence of ancient giant volcano on the moon
Meet our new faculty: Natural sciences and mathematics
Right now 2 nations are racing to the moon to land at the south pole
Is it possible to kill the sun?
The Source: McKinnon wins 2023 Kuiper Prize
Russia’s return to the Moon with Luna-25
4 factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters
Sohee Chun wins NASA FINESST grant
Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) science team
Granite likely lurks beneath the moon’s surface
XL-Calibur telescope to fly again in 2024
Scientists Have Found a Hot Spot on the Moon’s Far Side
Chen has joined the tenure track
Arvidson wins fourth public service award from NASA
Roving with Perseverance
Radar can help fight wildfires, identify flash-flood risks
Ogliore promoted with tenure
Is Earth the only planet with lightning?
Flooding and Erosion from Climate Change, Shifting Rivers and Changing Landscapes
Nicole Rodriguez Cavero's project approved for funding by the John Templeton Foundation
McKinnon elected to National Academy of Sciences
Squeezing rocks for science
Professor William B. McKinnon elected to the National Academy of Sciences
TRIADS announces recipients of seed grant funding
Physicist Daylan selected for NASA open-science effort
Jolliff shares next steps in returning people to the Moon
Volcanoes on Venus … Wow! New map here
NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time
Scientists share ‘comprehensive’ map of volcanoes on Venus — all 85,000 of them
2023 Graduate Student Appreciation Week
Michaelides wins seed grant to study interplay of permafrost, vegetation, and wildfire
Scientists Spot Recent Volcanic Activity on Venus
Venus is volcanically alive, stunning new find shows
Midwest Climate Summit allows student volunteers to learn from climate leaders
Everything you want to know about spy balloons, or any balloon, in the sky
McDonnell lectures to offer a crash course in the creation of the Earth and Moon
Celebrating 170 years: an Apollo 17 connection
Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars
Washington University scientists to probe space for origins of matter
Does This Mineral Indicate Oxygen on Mars?
2023 predictions from Mike Nowak
WashU Expert: 2023 will be the year of the battery
Formation of manganese oxides on early Mars
Spider launches from Antarctica
Science research roundup: November and December 2022
The solar system's strangest objects are unlocking its history
Back to Antarctica with SPIDER
Physicists awarded DOE supercomputing time for ‘high-impact’ projects
Physicist Errando helps NASA solve black hole jet mystery
Fall 2022 Earth and Planetary Sciences Alumni Newsletter
Artemis launch returns U.S. to the moon - Jolliff interview on PRI/The World
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opening
Planetary sciences alumni return for Walker Distinguished Lectures
Polarized X-rays reveal shape, orientation of extremely hot matter around black hole
Scientific ballooning is not for the faint of heart
Mars Investigator Celebrates His 50-Year Career Exploring Mars
The power of persistence
Venus balloon prototype aces test flights
New offerings for undergraduates in Earth and planetary sciences
Science research roundup: September 2022
Fike installed as the Glassberg/Greensfelder Distinguished University Professor
Studying how climate change shapes floods and river landscapes
Postdoctoral Quantum Monte Carlo Group fellowship Opening
Cosmochemist Wang to study samples from asteroid Bennu
Meet our new faculty: Natural sciences and mathematics
Washington University in St. Louis Celebrates Raymond E. Arvidson’s 50 Years of Mars Exploration
Space Station Experiment To Probe Origins of Elements
Exploring Mars, 50 years and counting
TIGERISS roars toward space station spot
Boundless
WashU Expert: Artemis launch brings us closer to space exploration goals
2022 Newsletter
Science research roundup: July and August 2022
NASA Has Plans to Probe Uranus
Earth’s Lower Mantle Is Drier Than Previously Thought
How balloons could one day detect quakes on Venus
Ogliore discusses Webb telescope images
Historic rainfall in St. Louis raises questions about flooding and climate change
NASA releases Webb telescope photos, deepest space photos in history
Earth's deep mantle was drier from the start
New leadership for physics department
Science research roundup: June 2022
Geoscientists to study structure and properties of Antarctic lithosphere
Ancient micrometeoroids carried specks of stardust, water to asteroid 4 Vesta
Guts and stardust
Distance learning: Planetary scientist Paul Byrne explains why you should be impressed by the James Webb Space Telescope
Asteroid samples offer chance to study chemically pristine solar system materials
Science research roundup: May 2022
Taste of Science returns to in-person outreach
Shooting for the Moon! The next step is with Artemis Missions
Dark energy, cosmic mile markers, and the surprising expansion of the universe
Asteroid samples offer insights into solar system evolution
Undergraduate research presentations and senior awards ceremony
Novel particle detector used to study alternate path to carbon creation in stars
Science research roundup: April 2022
Unique samples or just super weird?
Dev to study mysterious particles at Fermilab
Lorenzo Andreoli selected for URA Visiting Scholars Program
March 2022 e-newsletter available now
NASA waited 50 years to unseal these precious moon rocks
NASA studies ‘new’ 50-year-old lunar sample to prep for return to Moon
Konecky launches new program to support diversity in the geosciences
Arts & Sciences faculty win NSF CAREER Awards
Krawczynski promoted to associate professor
Pastore Promoted
WashU scientists help recover gases from Moon rock time capsule
Nature: Ukraine conflict jeopardizes launch of Europe’s first Mars rover
Seismic study reveals key reason why Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt
Science research roundup: February 2022
UPI: Perseverance rover’s second year on Mars to focus on rock samples, river delta
Parai wins CAREER grant to study geochemistry of the deep Earth
The challenge of our century
Slow and not so steady: Glaciers, ice sheets, and sea level rise (video)
Experiencing architecture in augmented reality
Arvidson receives award from St. Louis Astronomical Society
Conference roundup: AGU 2021
Master Minds: Mission to Mars, Venus and the Moon
Volatile bodies: Isotopic fingerprints reveal how planets gain and lose elements
A lasting impact on WashU seismology
Scientists detect world’s lightest magnesium
BBC News: Paul Byrne on launch of James Webb Space Telescope (video)
BBC News
Vacuum-Sealed Container From 1972 Moon Landing Will Finally Be Opened
Expanding the X-ray view of the universe
UPI: NASA's eventual farewell to tiny Mars helicopter could be emotional
Manel Errando received a subaward from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Sachiko Amari won a $973,810 award from NASA
Science research roundup: November and December 2021
Inverse: Chinese rover spots a "Moon cube," and opens a new lunar mystery
A river runs through it
Space.com: Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces
Nowak wins grants from NASA, Smithsonian observatory
McDonnell Center lecture on sampling the solar system
Buckley earns grant for astronomical monitoring
SyFy: Bizarre, brittle exoplanets could feel like walking on eggshells
ScienceAlert: These strange, brittle 'eggshell' exoplanets could be orbiting alien stars
New York Times: A missing piece of the Moon may be following Earth around the Sun
Tread lightly: ‘Eggshell planets’ possible around other stars
NPR: In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths
New program offers undergraduate research experiences in rock deformation
Science research roundup: October 2021
National Geographic: Deepest earthquake ever detected struck 467 miles beneath Japan
Business Insider: China brought Moon samples from ancient volcanic eruptions
Hands-on learning to help the planet
Forbes: ESA’s BepiColombo orbiters fire up instruments on first Mercury flyby
Stellar fossils in meteorites point to distant stars
Space.com: Moon rocks brought to Earth by Chinese mission fill key gaps in solar system history
Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks
St. Louis Public Radio: Wash U scientists to continue Mars research with $11.8 million NASA contract renewal
National Geographic: Hellish Venus poses many mysteries. New spacecraft aim to solve them.
Science research roundup: September 2021
Forbes: Martian blues: Did planet's size affect its ability to hold onto water?
$11.8 million award renews planetary geosciences data effort
NPR: Mars had liquid water on its surface. Here's why scientists think it vanished.
Time: Mars was always destined to die
Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope study suggests
Faculty Search: Assistant Professor in Astromaterials, Solar System, and Planetary System Formation
XL-Calibur telescope to examine the most extreme objects in the universe: black holes and neutron stars
St. Louis Business Journal: How St. Louis went to Mars: Locally-based startup is creating optical sensors to explore deep space and the deep sea
Science Focus: Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains why.
IMSE acquires new facility for fabricating nanomaterials
Scientific American: Success! Perseverance Mars rover finally collects its first rock core
Korotev selected for Meteoritical Society's 2022 Service Award
Welcome to WashU: Paul Byrne
Catalano awarded $2.25 million for investigation of critical elements
From the Himalayas to Mars
Space.com: Venus and a newly discovered comet will cross paths in December. Will sparks fly?
Salon: Mars' weird geology is making Perseverance's job more complicated
Science research roundup: August 2021
Kelton awarded $1.46 million to study nucleation in microgravity environment
Universe Today: Watch 14 hours of Enceladus geyser action
Searching for life in the cosmos
Experimental geochemist Krawczynski to examine role of water in volcanoes, Earth’s evolution
Muddied waters: Sinking organics alter seafloor records
UPI: NASA studies bigger, better Mars helicopter
Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth
Analysis of pristine samples of the Moon
Rauch’s cosmic ray research probes origins of matter in the Milky Way
Buckley awarded $4.9 million to develop gamma ray astronomy mission
WU Rocketry Team wins several awards at 2021 NASA Student Launch
Physicist Nagy to lead next-gen balloon mission
Israel retiring
Piarulli receives early-career research award
Krawczynski and Nagy receive NASA funding
Randy Korotev and the Geochemistry of Moon Rocks
Michael Friedlander, 1928-2021
WU Rocketry Team celebrates successful launch
Skemer promoted to full professor
Lisalda honored by the Association of Women Faculty
Nowak, collaborators share new observations of famous black hole
Gillis-Davis promoted to research full professor
Highlands hunt for climate answers
New Fellowship is Funding Three Students for Summer Research
The Science of Fiction: Where in the galaxy will we mine lithium?
Jeff Gillis-Davis has pioneered a new method for laser space weathering
Nowak receives grant to study spectroscopy models
Celebrating women geoscientists
What’s in a name – on Mars?
Washington University to develop lunar resource utilization technology for NASA
Physicist Freese explores dark side of universe in McDonnell lecture
Gillis-Davis received NASA subaward
A rising star in physics
When using pyrite to understand Earth’s ocean and atmosphere: Think local, not global
Celebrating Black scientists
Pablo Sobron interviewed on St. Louis Public Radio
CNN interviews Ray Arvidson about Perseverance rover [video]
The Sirens of Mars: A book talk about searching for life on another world with alumna Sarah Stewart Johnson [video]
HEC: Dangerous landing of Perseverance Mars rover is a critical 7 minutes
Rita Parai investigates the origins of volatiles on planetary bodies
Open rank faculty position in geospatial Earth science
Amari receives Urey Award for career in cosmochemistry
Conference roundup: AGU 2020
Exploring the most explosive volcano in the world
NASA selects astrophysics mission to detect ultrahigh-energy neutrinos
Jim Mertens recently joined the Department of Physics
Leading missions and making policy
Gravitational waves probe exotic matter inside neutron stars
NASA grant awarded to Henric Krawczynski
Science finds a way: Research adaptations during the pandemic
Nowak awarded a NASA grant
WashU Expert: China probe returns with ‘treasure trove’ of moon rocks
Powerful electrical events quickly alter surface chemistry on Mars and other planetary bodies
McKinnon honored by American Geophysical Union
Society of Physics Students chapter wins national recognition
Glimpsing the unseeable physics of a black hole
Space News: Chang’e-5 successfully lands on moon to collect youngest lunar samples
Highlight of McDonnell Center Postdoc, Piers Koefoed
Field notes: Making it work
Obituary: Roger Phillips, professor emeritus in Arts & Sciences, 80
Erin Barillier receives Baines Family Planetary Science Scholarship
Catalano named mineralogical society fellow
Solving for nuclear structure in light nuclei
MCMS Undergraduate Research Symposium
Jeffrey Gillis-Davis won a NASA grant
Discover Magazine: Earth is pulsating every 26 seconds, and seismologists don't agree why
A conversation with two award-winning space scientists
Johanna Nagy joins Department of Physics
Research in Antarctica
Buckley received award from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Probing the “equation of state” of neutron matter—the stuff that neutron stars are made of
Nowak won a grant from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Viking TV: Exploring Mars with Ray Arvidson
A microscale search for cosmic answers
James Buckley elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
Mashable (Video): Explore Mars right from your home with this AR app
Introducing Ye Jin Han, Meruyert Iskakova, and Nicole Rodriguez - new grad fellows in Physics
Introducing Katie Billings and Sam Patzkowsky - new grad fellows in EPS
Looking skin deep at the growth of neutron stars
St. Louis Public Radio: Why St. Louis scientists have their eyes on Mars
Reach for the stars
Meteorite study suggests Earth may have always been wet
Lodders wins 2021 Leonard Medal
Alumni dedicate special journal issue to late professor
Nan Liu has been awarded the Nier Prize
Clocking volcanic activity
Jolliff awarded Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal
Pastore awarded grant from DOE
NASA's most advanced rover heads to Mars
The hidden magnetic universe begins to come into view
2020 Newsletter
China prepares to launch orbiter, lander, rover to Mars
'We are all Martians!': Space explorers seek to solve the riddle of life on Mars
Countdown to Mars: Perseverance rover’s link to St. Louis
Looking to the future of the space sciences
SSERVI announces 2020 award winners
Countdown to Mars: three daring missions take aim at the red planet
An elemental problem with the sun
NASA’s new rover will collect martian rocks—and clues to planet’s ancient climate
Alum astronaut makes history
Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle
Specks of stardust
Developing augmented reality course material for hybrid learning
NASA, SpaceX to launch astronauts, including Robert Behnken, physics alum, to space station
NASA, SpaceX to launch first astronauts to space station from U.S. since 2011
Sharing the mission
Hannah McCall selected for Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award
Graduate profile: Greg Ledingham
WashU planetary scientists chosen to work on pristine Apollo samples
VanBommel boosts STEM night attendance
New Horizons may have solved planet formation cold case
Physical Review Outstanding Referee
Wang wins 2020 Houtermans Award
Space samples suggest "new physics" in cause of violent solar flares
Welcome to WashU: Claire Masteller
"Not just a space potato": Nasa unveils "astonishing" details of most distant object ever visited
Arrokoth close-up reveals how planetary building blocks were constructed
Society of Physics Students (SPS) Distinguished Chapter
Misbehaving kaons could hint at the existence of new particles
A super-rare 'Zee burst' in Antarctica could one day unlock a key mystery of ghostly neutrinos
Curating a national treasure
Ultra-high energy events key to study of ghost particles
NASA supporting two projects
‘Curious and curiouser!’
NASA Grant Awarded to Nan Liu
Wash U Year in Review Video Features Professor Ryan Ogliore
SuperTIGER on its second prowl — 130,000 feet above Antarctica
Conference roundup: AGU 2019
WashU physicists launch cosmic ray telescope from Antarctica
Supersize me: Physicists awarded $3.3M for XL-Calibur telescope
Why is the red planet red?
Dr. Gillis-Davis explains the science and exploration value of ice deposits at the Moon’s poles
Mars rover retrospective
Wash U Scientists Study Moon Ice To Help Astronauts Explore Solar System
Professor Kip Thorne's November 7 lecture is now available
Proposed Interstellar Mission Reaches for the Stars, One Generation at a Time
Scientists think there may be meteorites in this Missouri pasture
Investigating water ice, space weathering on the Moon
Public Lecture - Exploring the Warped Side of the Universe with Gravitational Waves: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Almost Forgotten Anniversaries in 2019
Kip Thorne explores the warped side of the universe
Space on Tap!
Arvidson and Mars Exploration Rover team recognized with National Space Club’s Distinguished Science Award
DOE Funds New Physics Research in Dark Matter
Climate scientist Konecky named Packard Fellow
Brian Rauch received a NASA grant
New Major in Astrophysics
Henric Krawczynski appointed Wayman Crow Professor
Konecky receives American Geophysical Union’s Nanne Weber Early Career Award
Nowak shares Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Astrid Holzheid joins Washington University as Clark Way Harrison Visiting Professor
Tektites don’t come from the Moon, but they might help scientists understand how it formed
Alum Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx PI, leads team in selecting final four site candidates for asteroid sample return
Michael Nowak received a grant from the Smithsonian Institution
New finds for Mars rover, seven years after landing
Willem Dickhoff received an NSF grant
Research Professor Emeritus Randy Korotev offers advice on how to find a meteorite
Old rocks, new science: Why Apollo 11 samples are still as relevant as ever
WashU Expert: On Apollo legacy, and why we should return to the moon
Untouched Apollo samples to be analyzed for the first time by WashU researchers
Brad Jolliff describes the scientific legacy of the Apollo program
Astrid Holzheid, McDonnell Center Visiting Professor
Roger Bryant reflects on his graduate program at Wash U
McDonnell Center Graduate Fellow Scott Beeler Looks Back
We need a bigger bucket: Experimental geochemists push limits of water estimates in magma
Rita Parai awarded grant from US Department of Energy
Virtual reality comes to the classroom
Inhabited exoplanets topic of 2018 Walker Distinguished Lecture
Energy, environment focus of 2019 McDonnell lecture
Good-Bye to Mars Rover Opportunity
Winds fail to revive NASA’s Opportunity rover
A Look At The Latest Scientific Research About The Moon In Light Of Lunar Eclipse
Choosing the next frontier of planetary exploration
Arvidson discusses Mars Opportunity rover’s 15-year anniversary
The moon got rocked by a meteorite during this weekend's lunar eclipse
Opportunity, Curiosity and Mars 2020 Rover Updates
Fossett Laboratory for Virtual Planetary Exploration launches new augmented reality app
Professor Jeff Catalano New Chief Executive Editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Olga Pravdivtseva received a NASA grant
Professor Arvidson: Mars Opportunity Rover in the Dust Storm
Electricity in Martian dust storms helps to form perchlorates
Anna Schonwald - The Apollo Missions, the Far Side of the Moon and Continued Studies from a Distance
Obituary: Christine Floss, research professor in physics, 56
Global warming focus of 2018 McDonnell lecture
Optical Atomic Clock and Applications
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