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Comet flies across the sky
Space science
Analysis points to secret source of lunar ice
Published Feb 11, 2022
An analysis of debris blasted away from the moon's surface in 2009 uncovers layers of lunar—and Earth—history
Charles Bennett
Faculty honors
Astrophysicist Chuck Bennett earns prestigious Rumford Prize
Published Jan 13, 2022
Bennett led the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, which 'transformed our view of the universe'; he will be recognized in a ceremony next month
Space Camp visit for Inspiration4 in Huntsville, Alabama, July 1, 2021
Q+A
And spaceflight for all
Published Sept 13, 2021
The School of Medicine's Mark Shelhamer discusses SpaceX's upcoming all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and its importance for broadening human access to space
Saturn's ring system
Outer space
New models reveal Saturn's hidden regions
Published May 6, 2021
Researchers simulate conditions necessary for planet's unique magnetic field
Faculty news
Johns Hopkins theoretical physicist shares 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize
Published May 5, 2021
Marc Kamionkowski honored along with two others for work on cosmic microwave background
Illustration looks like a square, refigerator-shaped spacecraft with large solar panels resembling wings
Space science
NASA selects Johns Hopkins APL space weather mission for 2024 launch
Published Jan 8, 2021
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer will study the auroral electrojet, electrical currents flowing 60-90 miles above the north and south poles
JHU alum and Baltimore native Reid Wiseman (left) and Applied Physics Lab astrophysicist Jason Kalirai
Space@Hopkins
Johns Hopkins astronaut speaks at Space@Hopkins virtual symposium
Published Oct 19, 2020
JHU alum and Baltimore native Reid Wiseman will speak Thursday during a Space@Hopkins virtual symposium that will also feature Applied Physics Lab astrophysicist Jason Kalirai
Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon in 1969
Hopkins retrospective
Moon landing memories
Published July 19, 2019
As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaches, Johns Hopkins faculty members who watched the momentous event live recall on what it meant to them, and to science
Mark Shelhamer in the zero-gravity rocket
Making space travel safer
Published Summer 2019
As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and beyond, Mark Shelhamer and fellow Hopkins scientists want to ensure that future space travelers survive and thrive out there / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lagoon Nebula
Interdisciplinary
Space@Hopkins seed grants awarded
Published Sept 11, 2018
Interdisciplinary initiative brings together researchers from across the university who focus on civilian space studies