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'Oumuamua at the edges of our solar system (Artist's Rendition, NASA)

November 22, 2024

From Mars to the Stars: James Wray Wins Simons Fellowship to Study Interstellar Objects

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The research could transform how we understand extrasolar planets — without ever leaving our solar system.

Richard Agbeyibor, Flight Test Engineer, U.S. Air Force, sitting in a space exploration simulator.

November 11, 2024

Space Race: Georgia Tech’s Aspiring Astronauts

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Georgia Tech faculty, students, and recent grads share their stories about trying to become an astronaut, an aspiration that shaped their paths and continues to inspire their lives despite the challenging odds.

A pair of Smarticle robots from the lab of Prof. Dan Goldman. Earlier research from his group observed the arise of order in active matter from the physics of low rattling. (Photo Credit: Christa M. Ernst)

October 21, 2024

Rattling Physics with New Math

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Understanding and predicting self-organization, especially in systems that are out of equilibrium, like living things, is an enduring goal of statistical physics.

October 1, 2024

Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Announces New Initiative Leads

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We hope that initiative leads will act as the “faculty face” of IRIM and communicate IRIM’s vision and activities to audiences both within and outside of Georgia Tech.

September 19, 2024

Award-Winning Algorithm Used on Mars Rover Helps Scientists on Earth See Data in a New Way

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Ph.D student Austin P. Wright wins a best paper runner-up award at an international conference for an algorithm used on the Mars Perseverance Rover than can be used in applications in earth science and other fields.

Three photos in hexagons - one group photo outside, one seminar presentation, and one of someone in a lab.

September 3, 2024

Research Centers Supported by the Space Research Initiative

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The Space Research Institute is the hub of all things space-related at Georgia Tech, and it includes three core centers contribute distinct interdisciplinary perspectives to studying space.

Ross Brockwell exiting the Mars Dune Alpha habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

July 31, 2024

A Yellow Jacket on Mars

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A Georgia Tech alum has emerged after living in a simulated Mars habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for the past year.

Hera spacecraft and its CubeSats in orbit around the Dimorphos moonlet

June 27, 2024

Hirabayashi Chosen by NASA to Join European Space Agency’s Planetary Mission to Study Results of Asteroid Deflection

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Masatoshi (Toshi) Hirabayashi, with an international consortium of 11 other scientists, will perform a multi-faceted, detailed, post-impact study of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.

April 30, 2024

Georgia Tech’s Space Research Initiative Hosts Yuri’s Day Symposium

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The event brought together faculty, researchers, and students to celebrate the Institute’s interdisciplinary space research.