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Donald Gurnett, a world-renowned space scientist who spent more than six decades at the University of Iowa as a student, teacher, and researcher, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. He was 81.

Legendary Iowa space physicist Donald Gurnett dies

Career at Iowa spanned more than six decades

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2022.01.13 | 01:32 pm

This image shows atomic hydrogen scattering sunlight in the upper atmosphere of Mars, as seen by the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph on NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission. About 400,000 observations, taken over the course of four days

MAVEN mission observes ups and downs of water escaping from Mars

UI research contributing to latest findings

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2016.10.19 | 02:11 pm

image of jupiter from Juno

Jupiter’s spooky sounds

UI instrument captures emissions from Jupiter’s auroras

By: Richard C. Lewis | 2016.10.06 | 03:35 pm

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