Success! BU Telescope Lands on the Moon Aboard NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1
In an historic first for BU, the LEXI telescope is operating from the lunar surface and will image Earth’s magnetic shield.
Spacecraft Carrying BU Telescope to the Moon Captures Breathtaking Images of Earth
NASA’s Blue Ghost mission has finished orbiting Earth and is on its way to the moon.
We Have Liftoff: BU Telescope Heads for the Moon
NASA’s Blue Ghost moon lander, carrying a BU-created X-ray telescope, blasts off into space.
NASA to Blast BU Telescope to the Moon in Historic First
LEXI (Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager) will be deployed and operate from the lunar surface this month, part of the first set of landers from the United States traveling to the moon in almost 50 years.
Written in the Stars: How a BU Undergrad Rediscovered Her Passion for Space Science
Astrophysics student Ariyana Bonab has studied the composition of 54,000 white dwarf stars– but she almost gave up the subject.
The Solar System May Have Passed through Dense Interstellar Cloud, Altering Earth’s Climate
In a new BU-led paper, astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold, harsh interstellar clouds, a phenomenon not previously considered in geologic climate models
Explain This! How Do Planets Form?
In this episode of The Brink’s podcast, we take a trip into space and our solar system with BU astrophysicist Catherine Espaillat, who teaches us about protoplanetary disks, baby stars, and planets
Stunning New Image Shows Black Hole’s Immensely Powerful Magnetic Field
BU researchers, part of international black hole collaboration, explain image of supermassive cosmic object at the center of the Milky Way
Brian Walsh’s LEXI Telescope Heading to the Moon
Last week (3/6/24), Associate Professor Brian Walsh hosted a meet-and-greet for their Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI), an x-ray telescope which will be going to the moon in one of three planned trips through NASA’s SpaceX program. Over the course of the last fifteen years, Professor Walsh et al. have focused their efforts on creating this novel […]
Three BU Scholars Receive 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships
The awards will help advance research on lung disease, mosquitoes, and solar storms