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Artist's impression of the Euclid spacecraft, a white cylinder atop a gold platform

Space exploration

Euclid space telescope data will shed light on evolution of dark universe

Published July 11, 2023

Three Hopkins scientists—Chuck Bennett, Brice Ménard, and Graeme Addison—are part of the science team that will analyze mission data

In Memoriam

Enterprising astronomer, space researcher Samuel Durrance dies at 79

Published May 10, 2023

Durrance, a Johns Hopkins research scientist from 1980 to 1997, made influential contributions to the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope and flew on two NASA missions as a payload specialist

Awards+Honors

DART mission lead named to TIME100

Published April 13, 2023

Ed Reynolds, a program manager at APL, led a team of hundreds in successful demonstration of asteroid redirection technology

Cupola porthole on the International space station

Space safety

Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon to co-lead new NASA institute

Published March 16, 2023

The JHU-CMU team is spearheading a Space Technology Research Institute to prevent failure in additively manufactured spaceflight materials

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