NASA
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February 24, 2025
U-M researchers leading heat-tolerant semiconductor project
U-M researchers are leading a multimillion-dollar collaborative effort to bring to market heat-resistant sensing and computing chips made of silicon carbide.
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February 18, 2025
$10M NASA grant to fund U-M astronomy’s first satellite mission
The first space mission led by the Department of Astronomy is scheduled to launch in 2029 with support from a $10 million NASA grant. It will showcase the viability of a new technique for studying planets outside our solar system.
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September 8, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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September 2, 2020
Researchers lead efforts to improve solar storm forecasts
Solar storms and other space weather events have the potential to impact society on a national or global scale, and U-M researchers lead two multimillion-dollar projects to improve forecasting.
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March 31, 2020
U-M leads $62M ‘largest radio telescope in space’ mission
A new $62.6 million NASA mission led by U-M aims to provide better information on how the sun’s radiation affects the space environment that our spacecraft and astronauts travel through.
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November 11, 2016
Hurricane-tracking satellite fleet readies for launch
Launch is fast approaching for a $151 million NASA satellite mission led by U-M that will help improve forecasts of hurricane track, intensity and storm surge.
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October 28, 2016
Survey shows public interest in science high, literacy constant
While public interest in science continues to grow, the level of U.S. scientific literacy remains largely unchanged, according to a survey by the Institute for Social Research.
