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New study shows Saturn moon's ocean may have hydrothermal activity
A new study by a team of Cassini mission scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder have found that microscopic grains of rock detected near Saturn imply hydrothermal activity is taking place...
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NASA spacecraft detects aurora and mysterious dust cloud around Mars
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has observed two unexpected phenomena in the Martian atmosphere: an unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches deep...
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After successful mission to Mercury, spacecraft on a crash course with history
NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury carrying an $8.7 million University of Colorado Boulder instrument is slated to run out of fuel and crash into the planet in the coming days after a wildly...
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Hubble Space Telescope – 25 years and still discovering
April 24, 2015 Michael Shull25 years ago today that shiny, bus-sized silver tube we call the Hubble Space Telescope was put into orbit 340 miles above Earth. And ever...
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Spacecraft with CU-Boulder instrument to crash into Mercury
April 30, 2015 Greg HolsclawWhen NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft runs out of fuel and crashes into Mercury today at around 1:30 p.m. mountain time, CU-Boulder...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates to partner with CU-Boulder on 2021 Mars mission
A mission to study dynamic changes in the atmosphere of Mars over days and seasons led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involves the University of Colorado Boulder as the leading U.S....
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FAA grants drone access to Texas and Oklahoma panhandles for weather research
A consortium led by the University of Colorado Boulder has received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start flying drones over parts of Texas and Oklahoma this spring in the heart...
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Moon engulfed in permanent, lopsided dust cloud
The moon is engulfed in a permanent but lopsided dust cloud that increases in density when annual events like the Geminids spew shooting stars, according to a new study led by University of Colorado...
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MAVEN results find Mars behaving like a rock star
If planets had personalities, Mars would be a rock star according to recent preliminary results from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. Mars sports a "Mohawk" of escaping atmospheric particles at its poles,...
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High-tech hardware supporting biomedical experiments launches to space station
A University of Colorado Boulder space center will fly high-tech hardware on the commercial SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launching to the International Space Station Sunday, the 50th space mission flown by...
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