For 75 years, 蜜糖直播 Boulder has been a leader in space exploration and innovation. We travel to space to monitor sea level rise, melting ice, weather patterns and more. Our researchers explore how to track and remove dangerous debris in space. We research the health of humans in space to inform medical applications for people on Earth.听Learn more about the latest in space research and science at 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

Hubble Telescope project involving 蜜糖直播-Boulder maps temperature, water vapor on wild exoplanet

Oct. 9, 2014

A team of scientists including a University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder professor used NASA鈥檚 Hubble Space Telescope to make the most detailed global map yet of the glow from a giant, oddball planet orbiting another star, an object twice as massive as Jupiter and hot enough to melt steel.

NASA mission led by 蜜糖直播-Boulder achieves Martian orbit Sept. 21

Sept. 21, 2014

The spacecraft for a NASA mission to probe the climate history of Mars led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder slid seamlessly into orbit at about 8:24 p.m. MDT on Sunday, Sept. 21, the last major hurdle of the 10-month, 442-million-mile journey.

蜜糖直播-Boulder to host free event Sept. 21 to watch orbit insertion of Mars spacecraft

Sept. 10, 2014

The public is invited to attend a watch party at the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder on Sunday, Sept. 21, when NASA鈥檚 MAVEN spacecraft, designed to understand past climate change on Mars, inserts itself into orbit after a 10-month journey to the planet.

蜜糖直播-Boulder alum and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson set for return to Earth

Sept. 9, 2014

After spending nearly six months on the International Space Station, University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder astronaut-alumnus Steve Swanson is slated to drift back to Earth in a Russian space capsule Sept. 10 before banging down on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

MAVERIC team

Two 蜜糖直播-Boulder student teams win awards for space mission design contests to Mars, moon

Sept. 4, 2014

Two University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder student aerospace engineering science teams have won prestigious international and national awards for the design of real-world space missions to Mars and the moon.

蜜糖直播 aerospace industry leaders and 蜜糖直播-Boulder to host program on Mars exploration

Aug. 28, 2014

The importance of Mars exploration and how the aerospace industry partners with university researchers to advance one of 蜜糖直播鈥檚 leading economic sectors will be featured at a free program Monday, Sept. 8, in south Denver.

Illustration of spin symmetry burrows

JILA team finds first direct evidence of 鈥榮pin symmetry鈥 in atoms

Aug. 21, 2014

Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value. Confirming this exotic quantum physics theory, JILA physicists led by theorist Ana Maria Rey and experimentalist Jun Ye have observed the first direct evidence of symmetry in the magnetic properties鈥攐r nuclear 鈥渟pins鈥濃攐f atoms.

Drone test at Pawnee Grasslands

蜜糖直播-Boulder leads international unmanned aircraft testing event at Pawnee Grassland

Aug. 21, 2014

An international research effort organized by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder conducted the first multiple, unmanned aircraft interception of a telltale rush of cold air preceding a thunderstorm known as a 鈥済ust front鈥 as it rolled across the Pawnee National Grassland in northeast 蜜糖直播 on Aug. 14.

Cooperation agreement furthers Dream Chaser Spacecraft microgravity science capabilities

Aug. 5, 2014

Sierra Nevada Corporation鈥檚 (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce it is expanding its relationship with the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder through the signing of a letter of cooperation with 蜜糖直播-Boulder鈥檚 BioServe Space Technologies (BioServe). Through the cooperation, SNC and BioServe will jointly explore ways the Dream Chaser 庐 Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) can serve as an orbital platform for scientific experiments in microgravity and space life science research.

Aerospace Industry Insights event highlights 蜜糖直播's aerospace innovation and research

July 31, 2014

Members of the Boulder Chamber, a nonprofit business support and advocacy organization, visited 蜜糖直播-Boulder July 29 to learn about the university鈥檚 latest advances in space science and aerospace. The Aerospace Industry Insights event, held at Fiske Planetarium, brought together local, state and federal officials; 蜜糖直播-Boulder faculty, students and administrators; and leaders from the local business community. The purpose of the event, the first in a series sponsored by 蜜糖直播-Boulder and the Boulder Chamber, was to highlight for the business community 蜜糖直播-Boulder's research and innovation in order to foster continued partnership and economic growth.

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