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Mississippi River agricultural landscape on open data satellite image

September 23, 2026

Researchers Confirm Common Soil Treatment Can Improve Farm Crop Yields and Remove Carbon

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Scientists used the Mississippi River Basin’s 100-year record to show that liming, long considered a source of carbon emissions, may actually remove carbon overall.

Side-by-side headshots of two people. On the left, a person with short brown hair, glasses, and a trimmed beard wears a blue collared shirt against a white textured background. On the right, a person with long brown hair wears a yellow patterned top against a softly blurred gray background.

September 22, 2026

Georgia Tech's Space Research Institute Names Two Associate Directors

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David Ballantyne and Mariel Borowitz join SRI's leadership team to strengthen interdisciplinary research, expand strategic partnerships, and advance Georgia Tech's growing space enterprise.

Congressman cuts ribbon for GTRI facility

September 15, 2026

GTRI Opens Secure Facility to Work Directly with U.S. Space Force

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The new space puts Georgia Tech engineers and scientists side by side with military teams as Colorado Springs cements its role as a hub for space defense.

September 1, 2026

New Center Seeks to Unlock the Science of Turbulence for Energy, Flight, and Discovery

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To advance understanding of turbulence, the National Science Foundation is establishing a new, $30 million Science and Technology Center (STC) at Michigan State University. Georgia Tech is among eight universities supporting the center.

Five people wearing matching blue flight suits stand with arms crossed in a grassy field beside a large rocket display. Sunlight breaks through clouds overhead in the background.

August 27, 2026

Georgia Tech Students Build, Operate Simulated Mars Mission

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Six students have simulated a Mars mission, while dozens more operated a mission control center in Atlanta.

August 24, 2026

Georgia Tech Launches Statewide Hub to Build Aerospace Technical Talent

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Georgia Tech is leading a new NASA-supported workforce development initiative designed to expand aerospace education and strengthen Georgia's pipeline of skilled technical talent needed for future space missions.

An artist's concept showing a black hole. (Credit: NASA/JPL)

July 29, 2026

A New Era of Black Hole Detection

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From new calibration tools to a record-breaking catalog of detections, the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) detector network is leading the way in gravitational wave science.

Researchers set up a lightning mapping array unit at a location near Atlanta

July 13, 2026

Georgia Tech Lightning Mapping Array Helps Protect World Cup Visitors

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A Georgia Tech lightning mapping array is helping authorities protect World Cup visitors from severe weather.

July 10, 2026

Georgia Tech Collaborates With Japanese Space Agency on Asteroid Flyby

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Data from the mission could reveal how planets formed and help scientists identify future asteroid threats.

June 29, 2026

Bridging the Gap Between Technical Research and Marketable Solutions

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From storytelling to customer discovery, Quadrant-i teaches faculty soft skills to commercialize their work.

Two researchers and a patient using the Kinemo technology.

June 25, 2026

Georgia Tech Earns Top-10 Rankings in Innovation Commercialization

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Georgia Tech continues to strengthen its position as one of the nation’s leaders in research commercialization

June 10, 2026

Georgia Tech Scientists Create Moon Rock in the Lab

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This moon rock could help scientists interpret lunar data and explore how water may form on the moon.

From left, headshots of Vincent Griffo, Ojas Gupta, and Samuel Woolsey.

June 8, 2026

Three Georgia Tech Students Receive 2026 Astronaut Scholarship

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The three students were recognized for their innovative research in engineering and biomedical science and awarded funding, mentorship, and national recognition to support their future careers in STEM.

Person working on a laptop with a digital visualization of an AI system, code, and automated workflows.

June 2, 2026

How Agentic AI is Rethinking the Origins of Life on Earth

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Georgia Tech researchers Amirali Aghazadeh and Daniel Saeedi discuss AstroAgents, an agentic AI system that analyzes space chemistry to generate new ideas for life’s beginnings.

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

May 26, 2026

Could Aliens Ever Visit Earth? An Aerospace Scientist Unpacks the Challenges of Interstellar Spaceflight

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To assess the plausibility of alien visitors, it’s necessary to understand the obstacles that an extraterrestrial vessel would need to overcome to reach Earth.

May 18, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Form of NAND Flash Data Storage for Deep Space Missions

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The new data storage technology is up to 30 times more radiation-resilient than current data storage.

Four GTRI researchers pose for a photo in a lab space.

May 15, 2026

Leaner and Meaner: Materials Tested in Space Could Help Build More Space-Resilient Satellites

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Georgia Tech researchers, led by the Georgia Tech Research Institute, are sending new polymers to the International Space Station to study their durability in harsh space conditions.

The Human Space Exploration research team smiles in front of a Georgia Tech background holding their awards on stage.

May 5, 2026

Georgia Tech Awards Spotlight Space Research Leadership

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Several faculty affiliated with the Space Research Institute were recognized for contributions spanning individual scholarship and major interdisciplinary research programs.

This artist’s concept depicts the nominal trajectory for NASA’s Artemis II test flight, an approximately 10-day mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon and back. The agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion will fly two orbits of Earth and then venture around the Moon in a figure-eight pattern before returning to Earth.

April 30, 2026

Back to the Moon and Beyond

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Meet the Georgia Tech alumni who are making Artemis II possible.

April 20, 2026

The Hidden Language of Life’s Early Proteins

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Life’s first alphabet was likely small — but surprisingly powerful.