Our pursuit of fusion needs a heat-check
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Our pursuit of fusion needs a heat-check
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With old IMAX projector bulbs, Michigan Engineers simulate the sun.
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Hear Dean Gallimore and recent PhD graduate Scott Hall discuss the X3 “Mars engine” on the new podcast “The High Five.”
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Around 8 pm on Jan. 16, people across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio witnessed a meteor exploding in Earth’s atmosphere.
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Professor Margaret Kivelson’s lecture titled, “Magnetic Structures in the Solar System” was followed by a conversation with daughter U-M Professor Valerie A. Kivelson.
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The most powerful Hall thruster the world has ever seen showed its mettle at NASA Glenn
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A space weather tool Michigan Engineers developed was used to produce animations that show predictions of how the recent storm would distort Earth’s magnetic field.
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Humans can influence space weather.
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Researchers seek to understand a problem that has haunted the space program since Apollo: a flame inside the rocket engine that literally spirals out of control.
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A team of students will interview 1,000 members of the Michigan community and launch their stories into orbit for 100 years.
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