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Michael Shay and collaborators find surprising event in turbulent space
Scientists have discovered an entirely new magnetic phenomenon in the outer reaches of Earth’s magnetic field with the help of four NASA spacecraft, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.
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A Much Bigger Sky for Delaware Astronomers
A new partnership with the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA) gives researchers and stargazers from the University of Delaware and nearby Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory access to three far-flung telescopes and the superior perspectives they offer on the night sky.
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This car-size NASA spacecraft is hurtling closer to the sun than any mission before.
UD physicist William Matthaeus helped lay the foundation for the Parker Solar Probe.
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Radio antennas for high-energy cosmic rays at the Pierre Auger Observatory.
In the background there is one of 1660 particle detectors forming the world's largest observatory for ultra-high-energy particles from space.
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Research News, 14 Mar 19
UD professor helps test the symmetry of space-time
Physicists like University of Delaware Professor Marianna Safronova are continually working to improve the precision of atomic clocks, which keep time
DPA News, 24 Jan 19
UD’S ‘FIGHTING ASTROPHYSICIST’ NAMED A TED FELLOW
January 24, 2019 - Article by Beth Miller UD photo by Kathy F.
Research News, 14 Dec 18
COSMIC FIREWORKS
November 13, 2018 - UD astronomers detect once-in-a-lifetime gamma rays. Scientists have discovered something amazing. In a cluster of some of the m
Research News, 13 Dec 18
‘FUDGE FACTORS’ IN PHYSICS?
October 10, 2018 - UD team says it’s time for a reboot Science is poised to take a “quantum leap” as more mysteries of how atoms behave and interact w
Research News, 13 Dec 18
CELESTIAL CONNECTION
February 22, 2017 - Star with seven possible Earth-like planets has UD connection. When NASA announced in a news conference Wednesday, Feb.

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Dr. Steven R. Cranmer
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Dr. Cranmer received his Ph.D. in 1996, under the supervision of Prof. Owocki, while working on Dynamical Models of Winds from Rotating Hot Stars. He is currently an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The focus of his research is on the study of hot, expanding outer atmospheres of the Sun and other stars.

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