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Astronomy

This new interactive map lets you scroll through the universe

Published Nov 17, 2022

New map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy, sweeping beauty

An illustration of a spacecraft flying into an asteroid

Bracing for impact

DART spacecraft prepares for asteroid collision

Published Sept 14, 2022

The proof-of-concept mission managed by APL aims to demonstrate how a spacecraft can be used to deflect an asteroid that poses a threat to Earth, should one ever be discovered

Planetary sciences

Rover the moon

Published June 28, 2022

Johns Hopkins planetary geophysicist Kevin Lewis is co-investigator for a NASA mission that aims to study ice and water on the moon's surface

Artist's rendering of a hot Jupiter exoplanet circling its star

Astronomy

New clues suggest how hot Jupiters form

Published June 10, 2022

Johns Hopkins astronomers discover new way of determining the relative age of exoplanets and prove there are multiple ways these planets form

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

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