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Space shows its stripes
Published March 19, 2014
NASA spacecraft discover distinct 'zebra stripe' pattern on near-Earth radiation belt
Summer mentorship
Program pairs engineering students with APL mentors
Published Jan 31, 2014
Undergrads will be selected to participate in summer internships at the university's Applied Physics Lab
APL launches new generation of small satellites
Published Dec 2013
Experimental 'cubesats' designed for range of national security, space science operations / Gazette
Close encounters
On comets, old and new
Published Nov 14, 2013
NASA's Messenger prepares for flybys by comets ISON, Encke later this month
Outta here
Fantastic voyage
Published Sept 13, 2013
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has left solar system, becomes first human-made object in interstellar space / Applied Physics Laboratory
Solar surprises
Interstellar adventure
Published Aug 2013
APL continues to gain new insight into outskirts of our solar system from NASA's Voyager / Gazette
Disease visualization
Published Aug 2013
Free software suite is designed to collect, analyze, visualize, and share information within a national disease surveillance system / Gazette
Coming soon
What makes comet fizz?
Published July 25, 2013
Scientists say Comet ISON is emitting carbon dioxide as it nears our solar system / Applied Physics Laboratory