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Euclid Space Telescope is Go for Launch: July 1, 2023

Euclid Space Telescope is Go for Launch: July 1, 2023
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope will launch from Kennedy Space Center on Saturday July 1. Bloomberg Professor Chuck Bennet, Professor Brice Ménard, and Associate Research Scientist Graeme Addison are part of the Euclid mission’s science team. Euclid will survey galaxies over the sky to determine the nature of the dark universe. This includes...

Launch Anniversary of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe: June 30, 2001

Launch Anniversary of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe: June 30, 2001
June 30th marks the anniversary of the launch of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which started its nine-year mission in space on this date in 2001 to measure temperature differences across the sky in the cosmic microwave background. Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Chuck Bennett was the Principal Investigator of the mission. WMAP's measurements were so...

Julian Muñoz Named One of ScienceNews’ 10 Scientists to Watch

Julian Muñoz Named One of ScienceNews’ 10 Scientists to Watch
Theoretical physicist Julian Muñoz, who earned his PhD from the department in 2017, has been named to the SN 10: Scientists to Watch list from ScienceNews. Dr. Muñoz studies the universe’s early years, when the first stars began to shine and galaxies began to light up. He has developed a way to measure distances in...