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2.26.25

WashU-led astrophysics mission lands its spot on space station

2.18.25

High-Flying Science: How and Why We Sent a Refrigerator Halfway to Space

12.17.24

Wash U Astrophysicist says advancements from space station research are 'hard to grasp'

12.17.24

Geology team evaluates lunar landing locations

12.2.24

Perseverance Rover hunts rare earth elements on Mars

11.18.24

A high-tech way to track an age-old problem

11.13.24

Fire & Ice

10.16.24

NASA balloons study atmosphere and cosmos

10.16.24

EEPS Research Roundup: 2023 - 2024

10.14.24

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launches

9.24.24

WashU-led team launches space mission with quantum sensor technology

9.4.24

Field Notes: South Pacific

9.3.24

Deciphering the mysteries of planetary formation

8.15.24

Shooting for the Moon

7.30.24

WRANGL3R: Rover-mounted drill sensor for water resource survey on the Moon

7.29.24

The discovery of native sulfur on Mars

7.25.24

McDonnell Center Postdoc Andrea Gokus has won a Fermi grant

7.22.24

From Apollo to Artemis: unlocking the Moon's secrets

7.15.24

Exploring unseen forces shaping the universe

7.11.24

Balloon mission measures X-rays en route from Arctic Sweden to northern Canada

7.9.24

XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes

7.1.24

Moon ‘swirls’ could be magnetized by unseen magmas

6.27.24

Surprising phosphate finding in asteroid sample

6.19.24

Breaking the cold barrier: searching for the nature of dark matter with new dilution refrigerator

5.29.24

WashU theorists help advance nuclear physics research at DOE facility

5.23.24

XL-Calibur telescope set for balloon flight from Arctic Circle

4.25.24

Venus Exploration Remains Key To Understanding Exo-Earths, Says Paper

4.23.24

WashU alum leads a recently deployed NASA mission to detect gamma-rays from cosmic explosions

4.17.24

WashU to manage data for instrument on Artemis moon mission

3.29.24

Pacific rock samples offer a glimpse of an active Earth 2.5 billion years ago

3.13.24

With NASA support, device for future lunar mission being developed at WashU

3.6.24

Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars

3.5.24

The “Nested Doll” Nucleus Nitrogen-9 Stretches the Definition of a Nucleus to the Limit

2.15.24

The ties that bind

1.11.24

Samples from a Wild comet reveal a surprising past

12.7.23

Asteroid Bennu samples have arrived on campus for analysis

12.5.23

Preparing for a Leap

11.15.23

Teraelectronvolt Astrophysics of Relativistic Jets

11.8.23

Undergraduate Research Symposium - Fall 2023

11.3.23

Study links changes in global water cycle to higher temperatures

10.31.23

Bradley Jolliff: “We’ll develop the surface science plan for the Artemis III mission“

10.30.23

Strong evidence found for new light isotope of nitrogen

10.27.23

New global topographic map unveils unique distortions on Enceladus

10.12.23

Exploring stellar hydrogen burning via muons and nuclei

10.4.23

The story of Earth's atmosphere

9.26.23

Hunting supermassive black holes in the early Universe

9.22.23

Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration

9.18.23

Chen and Yuan win NSF grant to simulate pulsars at WashU

9.13.23

Physicist Yuan joins Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics

9.7.23

In 15 Years, We Might Put Messi On The Moon — But Should We?

9.3.23

Pacific Puzzles: How El Niño and La Niña Are Changing Their Dance

8.30.23

Ogliore and Wang selected as members of the Mars Sample Return Measurement Definition Team

8.29.23

NASA partnership is 'a jewel in WashU's crown'

8.28.23

Jolliff selected for geology team for lunar landing mission

8.23.23

Study: Atmospheric circulation weakens following volcanic eruptions

8.21.23

Scientists find possible evidence of ancient giant volcano on the moon

8.11.23

Is it possible to kill the sun?

7.24.23

Sohee Chun wins NASA FINESST grant

7.24.23

Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) science team

7.19.23

XL-Calibur telescope to fly again in 2024

7.13.23

Scientists Have Found a Hot Spot on the Moon’s Far Side

6.26.23

Radar can help fight wildfires, identify flash-flood risks

5.30.23

Is Earth the only planet with lightning?

5.21.23

Flooding and Erosion from Climate Change, Shifting Rivers and Changing Landscapes

5.3.23

Squeezing rocks for science

4.4.23

Volcanoes on Venus … Wow! New map here

3.30.23

NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time

3.29.23

Scientists share ‘comprehensive’ map of volcanoes on Venus — all 85,000 of them

3.17.23

Scientists Spot Recent Volcanic Activity on Venus

3.15.23

Venus is volcanically alive, stunning new find shows

2.23.23

Celebrating 170 years: an Apollo 17 connection

2.16.23

Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars

2.6.23

Washington University scientists to probe space for origins of matter

1.30.23

Does This Mineral Indicate Oxygen on Mars?

12.22.22

Formation of manganese oxides on early Mars

12.21.22

Spider launches from Antarctica

12.6.22

Back to Antarctica with SPIDER

12.6.22

The solar system's strangest objects are unlocking its history

11.29.22

Physicists awarded DOE supercomputing time for ‘high-impact’ projects

11.23.22

Physicist Errando helps NASA solve black hole jet mystery

11.21.22

Fall 2022 Earth and Planetary Sciences Alumni Newsletter

11.17.22

McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

11.3.22

Polarized X-rays reveal shape, orientation of extremely hot matter around black hole

10.21.22

Scientific ballooning is not for the faint of heart

10.13.22

The power of persistence

10.12.22

Venus balloon prototype aces test flights

9.25.22

Studying how climate change shapes floods and river landscapes

9.22.22

Postdoctoral Quantum Monte Carlo Group fellowship Opening

9.2.22

Washington University in St. Louis Celebrates Raymond E. Arvidson’s 50 Years of Mars Exploration

9.1.22

Space Station Experiment To Probe Origins of Elements

8.31.22

Exploring Mars, 50 years and counting

8.30.22

TIGERISS roars toward space station spot

8.26.22

WashU Expert: Artemis launch brings us closer to space exploration goals

8.26.22

Boundless

8.17.22

Science research roundup: July and August 2022

8.12.22

NASA Has Plans to Probe Uranus

8.11.22

Earth’s Lower Mantle Is Drier Than Previously Thought

8.9.22

How balloons could one day detect quakes on Venus

6.29.22

Science research roundup: June 2022

6.24.22

Geoscientists to study structure and properties of Antarctic lithosphere

6.22.22

Ancient micrometeoroids carried specks of stardust, water to asteroid 4 Vesta

6.21.22

Guts and stardust

6.9.22

Asteroid samples offer chance to study chemically pristine solar system materials

6.1.22

Taste of Science returns to in-person outreach

6.1.22

Science research roundup: May 2022

5.27.22

Shooting for the Moon! The next step is with Artemis Missions

5.11.22

Asteroid samples offer insights into solar system evolution

4.27.22

Science research roundup: April 2022

4.27.22

Novel particle detector used to study alternate path to carbon creation in stars

4.25.22

Unique samples or just super weird?

4.25.22

Dev to study mysterious particles at Fermilab

4.6.22

March 2022 e-newsletter available now

4.6.22

NASA waited 50 years to unseal these precious moon rocks

4.6.22

NASA studies ‘new’ 50-year-old lunar sample to prep for return to Moon

3.4.22

WashU scientists help recover gases from Moon rock time capsule

2.28.22

Seismic study reveals key reason why Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt

2.18.22

UPI: Perseverance rover’s second year on Mars to focus on rock samples, river delta

2.16.22

The challenge of our century

2.9.22

Slow and not so steady: Glaciers, ice sheets, and sea level rise (video)

1.26.22

Conference roundup: AGU 2021

1.25.22

BBC News: Paul Byrne on launch of James Webb Space Telescope (video)

1.20.22

Master Minds: Mission to Mars, Venus and the Moon

1.11.22

Volatile bodies: Isotopic fingerprints reveal how planets gain and lose elements

1.11.22

A lasting impact on WashU seismology

1.7.22

Scientists detect world’s lightest magnesium

1.7.22

MSN News: Scientists create never-before-seen isotope of magnesium

12.20.21

Vacuum-Sealed Container From 1972 Moon Landing Will Finally Be Opened

12.10.21

Expanding the X-ray view of the universe

12.9.21

Sachiko Amari won a $973,810 award from NASA

12.6.21

A river runs through it

12.5.21

Space.com: Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces

12.1.21

Nowak wins grants from NASA, Smithsonian observatory

11.19.21

Buckley earns grant for astronomical monitoring

11.17.21

SyFy: Bizarre, brittle exoplanets could feel like walking on eggshells

11.15.21

ScienceAlert: These strange, brittle 'eggshell' exoplanets could be orbiting alien stars

11.14.21

New York Times: A missing piece of the Moon may be following Earth around the Sun

11.10.21

Tread lightly: ‘Eggshell planets’ possible around other stars

11.9.21

NPR: In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths

10.27.21

Science research roundup: October 2021

10.25.21

National Geographic: Deepest earthquake ever detected struck 467 miles beneath Japan

10.21.21

Business Insider: China brought Moon samples from ancient volcanic eruptions

10.16.21

Forbes: ESA’s BepiColombo orbiters fire up instruments on first Mercury flyby

10.12.21

Stellar fossils in meteorites point to distant stars

10.8.21

Space.com: Moon rocks brought to Earth by Chinese mission fill key gaps in solar system history

10.7.21

Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks

10.6.21

St. Louis Public Radio: Wash U scientists to continue Mars research with $11.8 million NASA contract renewal

10.6.21

National Geographic: Hellish Venus poses many mysteries. New spacecraft aim to solve them.

9.23.21

Science research roundup: September 2021

9.22.21

NPR: Mars had liquid water on its surface. Here's why scientists think it vanished.

9.22.21

Forbes: Martian blues: Did planet's size affect its ability to hold onto water?

9.22.21

$11.8 million award renews planetary geosciences data effort

9.21.21

Time: Mars was always destined to die

9.20.21

Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope study suggests

9.16.21

XL-Calibur telescope to examine the most extreme objects in the universe: black holes and neutron stars

9.15.21

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

9.10.21

Science Focus: Pluto should be our ninth planet. A planetary scientist explains why.

9.9.21

IMSE acquires new facility for fabricating nanomaterials

9.8.21

Scientific American: Success! Perseverance Mars rover finally collects its first rock core

9.3.21

Welcome to WashU: Paul Byrne

9.2.21

Catalano awarded $2.25 million for investigation of critical elements

9.1.21

From the Himalayas to Mars

8.28.21

Space.com: Venus and a newly discovered comet will cross paths in December. Will sparks fly?

8.26.21

Salon: Mars' weird geology is making Perseverance's job more complicated

8.25.21

Kelton awarded $1.46 million to study nucleation in microgravity environment

8.24.21

Universe Today: Watch 14 hours of Enceladus geyser action

8.5.21

Searching for life in the cosmos

7.20.21

Muddied waters: Sinking organics alter seafloor records

7.15.21

UPI: NASA studies bigger, better Mars helicopter

7.7.21

Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth

6.25.21

Rauch’s cosmic ray research probes origins of matter in the Milky Way

6.25.21

Analysis of pristine samples of the Moon

6.21.21

Buckley awarded $4.9 million to develop gamma ray astronomy mission

5.27.21

Piarulli receives early-career research award

5.24.21

Krawczynski and Nagy receive NASA funding

5.9.21

Randy Korotev and the Geochemistry of Moon Rocks

4.15.21

Nowak, collaborators share new observations of famous black hole

4.9.21

Highlands hunt for climate answers

4.8.21

New Fellowship is Funding Three Students for Summer Research

2.25.21

Celebrating Black scientists

2.18.21

Pablo Sobron interviewed on St. Louis Public Radio

1.20.21

Exploring the most explosive volcano in the world

12.18.20

Science finds a way: Research adaptations during the pandemic

11.6.20

MCMS Undergraduate Research Symposium

9.18.20

Mashable (Video): Explore Mars right from your home with this AR app

8.5.20

Pastore awarded grant from DOE

11.13.19

Investigating water ice, space weathering on the Moon

8.9.19

Willem Dickhoff received an NSF grant

10.23.18

Electricity in Martian dust storms helps to form perchlorates

10.26.17

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