Articles tagged as: NASA
April 12, 2024
All-girls research team captures eclipse for NASA
In between recording TikTok dances and playing board games, an all-girls research team took turns adjusting their telescope and other specialized equipment to capture images of the total eclipse on April 8.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2024
New phone app deputizes bystanders into citizen scientists for NASA solar research
Students and faculty at Western Kentucky University have created a smartphone app that can help to discern the exact shape of the sun with the equipment they have in their pocket.
Read MoreDecember 28, 2022
Scientists have recorded the first-ever sound of a dust devil on Mars
The recording sounds like it could have been made in any windy corner of Earth - but it was actually captured over 54 million miles away.
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2022
Jupiter to be closest, brightest Monday night
Jupiter will be 367 million miles away from Earth. That's a daunting figure, but almost half the distance of its farthest point.
Read MoreAugust 23, 2022
Purdue scientist says NASA ‘sonification’ of black hole ‘makes the universe accessible to our senses’
Earlier this week, NASA scientists tweeted out sound made by the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster roughly 240 million lightyears away.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2021
Russian anti-satellite missile likely created decades of space debris, according to Purdue expert
A Purdue University space debris expert says Russia’s test of an anti-satellite missile Monday will likely create a decade’s worth of dangerous debris.
Read MoreJune 22, 2021
Purdue Researchers Work To Put A Refrigerator In Space
Some NASA officials say cold food storage is one of the biggest hurdles for long-term space missions.
Read MoreFebruary 27, 2021
Indiana-Made Alloy Helped Mars Rover Nail Red Planet Landing
A special alloy made at Haynes International in Kokomo was used on the Sky Crane thrusters that lowered NASA's Perseverance rover onto the planet
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2021
Search For Life On Mars Aided By Purdue Expert
Later this month, NASA expects to land a rover on Mars for a mission that experts say could help us understand how rare life is in the universe.
Read MoreApril 6, 2020
Purdue Prof Explains How Astronauts Cope With Isolation
Purdue professor Marshall Porterfield worked at NASA, teaching astronauts about living in restricted environments such as the International Space Station. The skills are surprisingly transferable to Indiana's stay-at-home order.
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