Smallsat Astronomy The budget for developing, assembling and operating CUTE through the summer of 2024 is about $5.5 million. “At this cost, we’re still figuring out how to make things work ...

The future of the ISS. Though turning 20 may not seem like a milestone, for a complicated piece of machinery operating in the dangerous environment of space, the ISS is approaching old age.

The moon is a key step in the journey of space exploration, but making it habitable brings up lots of questions around space ...

Harrison plans to use the open-source code he created for the show as a template for other sonifications. He says the show’s feedback will inform a potential framework. “We have bar charts; we ...

Now an astronomy professor at the University of Washington, Davenport is still enthralled by the search. He collaborates with the SETI Institute, a nonprofit research organization that combs ...

We often think of astronomy as a visual science with beautiful images of the universe. However, astronomers use a wide range of analysis tools beyond images to understand nature at a deeper level.

As an astronomy major, you’ll study how the universe formed and learn about the stars, planets, black holes, dark matter, galaxies and solar systems. With education requirements centered on ...

It will provide students with a broad foundational background in astronomy in preparation for graduate studies in astronomy or astrophysics. The minor is interdisciplinary and offered jointly by the ...