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  • a black hole eating a dying star
    - Feeding Frenzy
    A giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and then continued to feed off its remains for close to a decade, according to research led by ʤ. This black hole meal is more than... Read More
  • NASA rocket with ʤ-built instruments on board
    - How's the Weather in Space?
    Rocket with instruments designed by ʤ researchers blasted into space Nov. 19 (Photo: NASA) State-of-the-art space weather instrumentation developed by researchers at the ʤ’s... Read More
  • ʤ EOS director Harlan Spence
    - UCAR Board
    Harlan Spence has been elected to serve as a member of the board of trustees of the UCAR. Read More
  • Telescope image of space, with bright yellow and bright purple objects highlighted
    - Rogue Black Hole
    ʤ researcherDacheng Lin has discovered a massive black hole “wandering” at edge of its galaxy. Read More
  • Colorful image of Van Allen radiation belts around Earth
    - Van Allen Discovery
    ʤ researchers have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts that circle the Earth during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, which have never... Read More
  • ʤ professor of physics Mark McConnell
    - McConnell Is New SwRI-EOS Director
    Professor of physics Mark McConnell is the new director of the collaborative Southwest Research Institute Earth, Oceans and Spacedepartment at ʤ. Read More
  • ʤ Space Science Director Lynn Kistler
    - Union Fellow
    ʤ physics professor Lynn Kistler has been named aFellowof the American Geophysical Union, the largest single organization dedicated to the advancement of geophysics. Read More
  • Harlan Spence, physics professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
    - Space Man Spence
    Harlan Spence, director of ʤ’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, has been appointed to theSpace Studies Boardof theNational Academy of Sciences. Read More
  • large group of scientists and students pose beneath a rocket ship
    - Miracle in Space
    Six years ago, a team from ʤ’s Space Science Center performed a miracle. Read More
  • Chris Whitney
    - California Dreamin'
    The ʤ booth, hosted here by Tara Hicks Johnson, outreach specialist at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, was a popular destination for would-be graduate students and... Read More