Voyager 1 Celebrates its 45th Anniversary
NASA’s Voyager 1 set off 45 years ago and is still continuing its quest today. It set off on its journey in 1977 with a mission to travel by Jupiter…
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SpaceX’s All-Civilian Mission
On February 1st, 2021, SpaceX announced its plans to send an “all-civilian” crew to space by the end of 2021. A few days later on February 7, SpaceX debuted a…
Projects of IMSAloquium: The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Astrophysics
Kathryn Downey (’18) and Spoorthi Jakka’s (’18) SIR project is advised by Dr. Brian Nord, who is an Associate Scientist at Fermilab and a Visiting Research Assistant Professor at the…
Space: Humanity’s Final Frontier
Last Friday, the Cassini spacecraft went out in a blaze of glory as it slammed into Saturn’s atmosphere at over 70 thousand miles an hour, bringing its two-decade-long mission to…
Space Colonization: Is It Really Worth It?
“I don’t think we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet,” proclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking in November. This notion is shared by other scientists and entrepreneurs…
Curiosity: An Exploration of Mars
With all the hustle and bustle of the new school year and the remnants of the London Olympics left behind, important world events have escaped the notice of the IMSA…