Professor Jasper Halekas has been selected to serve on the National Academies of Sciences' Panel on Atmospheric Science and Space Physics, which will identify atmospheric science and space physics objectives for human exploration of the surface of Mars.

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Casey DeRoo appeared on Iowa Public Radio's River to River program on July 26, talking about the latest discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope, what we've learned about black holes, and how galaxies are formed.

Using data from the TRICE-2 rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa have discovered a new energization process in the upper atmosphere.

A University of Iowa astrophysicist has been awarded funding from NASA to create imaging technology that could generate a fuller photographic scope of the Milky Way galaxy. Dustin Swarm, a postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will use the award to design multi-layered coatings for grazing incidence optical technology.

Assistant Professor Casey DeRoo gave a presentation to 80 K-6 students on June 26 at Willowwind School's summer camp, talking about outer space, what stuff there is made of, and how we know/measure the composition of things in space.

Ravitej Uppu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will use a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to expand his research of electronic and photonic properties.