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Johns Hopkins undergraduate engineers bring the thrill of the hunt to bobcats Kilgore and Josie with their high-tech take on the classic "Whac-A-Mole" arcade game

University of Michigan researchers are preparing cameras, weather balloons, radio antennas and other scientific instruments, as well as young citizen scientist collaborators, for this opportunity. The next total solar eclipse won't come to the U.S. for another 20 years. U-M experts are available to

The April 8 total eclipse will reveal the suns outer atmosphere as a tangle of light that outlines the moons silhouette like a crown. This image inspired the

The April 8 total eclipse will reveal the suns outer atmosphere as a tangle of light that outlines the moons silhouette like a crown. This image inspired the

A cubesat, largely built by undergraduate students and scheduled to launch on Sunday, will explore the feasibility of a new propulsion method that could enable very small satellites to move around Earth’s orbit without carrying fuel. This could pave the way for tiny satellites that stay in orbit for long periods and operate in swarms, monitoring storms and natural disasters, for example. A cubesat is about the size of a loaf of bread, designed to hitch a ride into space with a major mission. ...

Date Time Pioneering a way to keep very small satellites in orbit A cubesat, largely built by undergraduate students and scheduled to launch on Sunday, will explore the feasibility of a new propulsion method that could enable very small satellites to move around Earth’s orbit without carrying fuel. This could pave the way for tiny satellites that stay in orbit for long periods and operate in swarms, monitoring storms and natural disasters, for example. A cubesat is about the size of a loaf of...