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Outer space

Artist's rendering of the Cassini spacecraft as it orbits Saturn
Cassini plummets into Saturn's atmosphere
Published Sept 15, 2017 Video
Spacecraft, with instrument designed and built in part at Applied Physics Lab, revolutionized our understanding of ringed planet
Image of a galaxy in outer space
Space exploration
Space@Hopkins awards seed grants
Published Aug 31, 2017
Group that supports civilian space research from across JHU funds four interdisciplinary research projects
Two drone devices with multiple rotors fly across a brown, rocky, barren surface, representing the surface of Titan
Space exploration
Dragonfly effect
Published Aug 23, 2017 Video
APL proposal would use drone technology to explore possibility of life on Saturn's largest moon, Titan
An artist's rendering shows a dark spacecraft hurtling towards an orange ball of fire and gas
Mission to the Sun
Cool power
Published June 23, 2017 Video
As the APL-built solar probe heads toward its historic encounter with the sun, revolutionary technologies will power and cool the craft
Image depicts Pluto in brown and gray tones
Status update?
Make Pluto a planet again
Published March 16, 2017
Planetary scientist offers a geophysical definition of planets—which would expand the number in our solar system from eight to about 110
Sabine Stanley
Planetary scholar
Space scientist named BDP
Published March 2, 2017
Sabine Stanley's research focuses on magnetic fields as a means of studying the interiors of planets, including those light-years away from our solar system