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bill kurth in office with jupiter backdrop and instrument model

Jupiter rendezvous

UI instrument, researchers involved in NASA’s Juno mission
By: Richard C. Lewis  |  2016.06.29  |  01:36 pm
On Independence Day, a NASA spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit, and the University of Iowa had an instrument along for the ride. The Plasma Waves Instrument, designed and built at the UI, will sample plasma waves and learn how Jupiter's intense auroras are produced.
researchers working in iceland

Shifting sands on Mars

UI researchers travel to Iceland to learn more about sand dunes on the Red Planet
By: Richard C. Lewis and Clarity Guerra  |  2016.03.30  |  04:13 pm
University of Iowa researchers are traveling to Iceland to better understand sand dunes found all over the planet Mars. They hope the Iceland site will show how Martian sands have changed, which could yield more clues about Mars's geological history and the possibility of discovering microbial life entombed there.
Jake McCoy in clean room

Master tinkerer

UI graduate student lands NASA fellowship to create sophisticated space X-ray instrument
By: Richard C. Lewis  |  2015.11.16  |  11:10 am
A University of Iowa physics graduate student has won a coveted NASA fellowship. Jake McCoy is building a sophisticated tool that may help astrophysicists locate missing matter in the cosmos through X-rays emitted by dark, distant areas in space.
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What caused Martian desiccation?

University of Iowa researchers involved in NASA announcement of what happened to Mars' water and atmosphere
By: Richard C. Lewis  |  2015.11.05  |  01:05 pm
Mars has been all over the news, from the finding of seasonal water on the Red Planet to the successful film "The Martian." Now, researchers, including those at the UI, have learned more about what happened to Mars' climate since it was a warm, watery planet billions of years ago.
illustration of halloas in orbit

Halo satellite will search for 'missing' normal matter

UI professor receives NASA grant for research
By: Anne Easker  |  2015.10.27  |  04:34 pm
University of Iowa professor Philip Kaaret has won a $3.7 million NASA grant to build a satellite that will search for missing matter in hot gases associated with the Milky Way galaxy.
University of Iowa celebrates 50 years of space physicist Don Gurnett's research and teaching

Gurnett symposium draws leaders in space science

Oct. 17 event celebrates physics and astronomy professor's legacy
By: Clarity Guerra  |  2015.10.26  |  09:38 am
With Don Gurnett, and James Van Allen before him, the University of Iowa has a strong legacy of leading the scientific community in the exploration and understanding of space.
Don Gurnett in classroom with spacecraft model

Space giant

UI holds symposium to honor Don Gurnett's 50 years of space exploration and teaching at the UI
By: Richard C. Lewis  |  2015.10.14  |  12:28 am
The University of Iowa will host a symposium on Oct. 17 to honor physics professor Don Gurnett, who has taught and been engaged in space science at the UI for the past 50 years. The symposium is free and open to the public.
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Seniors to reenact Van Allen radiation belt experiments

57-year-old experiment from UI will ignite new research
By: Brittany Borghi   |  2015.05.12  |  04:49 pm
Four graduating seniors are helping to reenact a famous experiment from a University of Iowa scientist, helping to set new discoveries in motion.
Researchers watch data on a computer while troubleshooting electronics.

UI researchers launch rockets in search of unseen parts of universe

Five-year NASA project will develop critical technologies for future missions
By: Brittany Borghi  |  2015.03.06  |  03:10 pm
A team comprised of University of Iowa researchers and students is sending its own technology on a series of NASA rockets to find parts of space we can't currently see.
Artist conception depicting MAVEN orbiting Mars. Image courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

What happened to the water on Mars?

UI researcher has instrument to test whether solar wind blew water out of ancient Martian atmosphere
By: Brittany Borghi  |  2014.11.20  |  02:16 pm
With its empty channels and ghostly gullies, Mars resembles a planet once teeming with streams and flowing rivers. That begs the question: Where did all the water go? A University of Iowa space scientist aims to find out through an instrument on the Mars orbiter MAVEN.

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