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Space

BU astronomer Phil Muirhead assembled a list of red dwarf stars for the new NASA satellite TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) to target.

Space Sciences

Wanted: Red Dwarfs for NASA’s TESS Mission

April 18, 2018

Wen Li (from left), Anushya Chandran, and Jennifer Balakrishnan have received 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships.

Physics

Sloan Fellowships Go to BU Astronomer, Physicist, and Mathematician

March 21, 2018

Artistic rendering of Kepler-186f, a potentially habitable exoplanet

Astronomy

Looking for Extraterrestrial Life? Here’s a New Target

February 20, 2018

When charged particles from the sun hit the Earth’s magnetic field, they can generate the dancing lights of the aurora. The ANDESITE mission will help reveal how the energy that creates the aurora passes from the Sun into Earth’s atmosphere. Photo courtesy of Greenland Travel

Space Sciences

NASA to Launch BU Student-Built Microsatellites

January 22, 2018

Mark Veyette

Space Sciences

Searching for Life around the Stars

October 24, 2017

moon blocking sun

Engineering

Solar Eclipse, Scientific Opportunity

August 17, 2017

Merav Opher with REU students

National Science Foundation

NSF Program Brings Budding Astronomers to BU

July 21, 2017

Space shuttle

In the City

Journey to Space at the Museum of Science

June 26, 2017

Alex Sushkov, assistant professor of physics at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

Physics

What Is Dark Matter?

December 1, 2016

MAVEN Mars satellite, NASA

Mars

Where Did Mars’ Water Go?

October 20, 2016

NASA Image of the planet Jupiter

Space Sciences

Red Spot, Hot Spot

August 3, 2016

artisitic rendering of a Blazar in a Super Massive Black Hole

Space Sciences

Anatomy of a Blazar

June 20, 2016

Catherine Espaillat, Alex Sushkov, Boston University Sloane Fellows

Accolades

Two BU Scientists Win Sloan Fellowships

April 4, 2016

Coit Observatory

Local

Nightlife: Public Open Night at BU’s Coit Observatory

March 16, 2016

Paul Dalba

Engineering

BU’s Shared Computing Cluster: Results Hundreds of Times Faster

February 23, 2016

Collision of two black holes holes

Science & Technology

Einstein Really Was a Genius: Gravitational Waves Detected

February 19, 2016

Boston University's Observatory for stargazing

University News

Star Search

June 17, 2015

merav opher, director of Boston University Center for Space Physics and NASA Voyager spacecraft mission team member

Astronomy

New Vision of the Final Frontier

March 4, 2015

John T. Clarke, Director, Boston University for Space Physics, MAVEN Mars satellite

Mars

Mission to Mars

January 22, 2015

Alan Marscher, professor of astronomy, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Institute for Astrophysical Research, Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching

Astronomy

Metcalf Award Goes to Alan Marscher

May 14, 2014

Metcalf Award Goes to Alan Marscher