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Jun 22, 2022, 11:15 ET Universities Space Research Association Elects Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as its Most Recent Member

USRA officially admitted Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to its ranks of prestigious universities on June 10, 2022 bringing the membership of...

Jun 18, 2022, 20:30 ET Returning to New Zealand: SOFIA Travels to Christchurch for a Seventh and Final

After a two-year hiatus, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared ASSOFIA has returned to Christchurch, New Zealand, for a long deployment. About...

Jun 15, 2022, 11:00 ET USRA Closeout Statement on SOFIA

NASA and DLR (German Space Agency) recently announced the cessation of operations of SOFIA – the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared...

Jun 13, 2022, 17:15 ET Magnetic Fields: Moving the Clouds in Cygnus-X?

Hidden behind a dark band of dust known as the Great Rift, the Cygnus-X star formation region is more than a bit of a mystery. Astronomers haven't...

Jun 13, 2022, 13:15 ET Supernovae Could Explain Cosmic Dust in the Early Universe

New research from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) High-Resolution Airborne Wideband Camera Plus (HAWC+) provides...

May 31, 2022, 13:00 ET Small Molecules Have Big Impacts in Interstellar Clouds

Modern astronomy relies on understanding the life cycle of molecular material, and though astronomers understand much of the process, there are a lot ...

May 20, 2022, 13:00 ET SOFIA Watches a Binary Star System's Eclipse

With its observations of a special pair of stars at a special moment in their lives, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is...

May 19, 2022, 13:00 ET USRA Scientist Contributes to the United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

USRA's Dr. Eleanor Stokes, senior scientist at the Earth from Space Institute, served as a contributing author to the prestigious biennial United...

May 16, 2022, 15:05 ET New Study Reveals Solar Heat to be the Likely Cause of Dust Storms on Mars

A team of scientists, including Dr. Germán Martínez from the Universities Space Research Association, just published a study in the Proceedings of...

Apr 21, 2022, 13:00 ET SOFIA's Observations of Jupiter Present a "Jovial" Surprise

To study the atmospheric circulation on Jupiter, researchers observed the hydrogen near Jupiter's upper troposphere. In doing so, they noticed that...

Apr 20, 2022, 10:07 ET Universities Space Research Association Elects University of Zurich as a Member University

The University of Zurich (UZH), a renowned university in Switzerland, has joined the ranks of Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Elected ...

Apr 05, 2022, 13:00 ET Make No Bones About It: SOFIA Maps the First Magnetic Fields of a Galactic Bone in their Entirety

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) —a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR—mapped the very first and...

Mar 21, 2022, 13:30 ET USRA launches new program to support student research opportunities through partnership between the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) has launched a unique partnership between the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory...

Mar 18, 2022, 12:00 ET Science in the Southern Hemisphere: SOFIA Deploys to Chile

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, landed at the Santiago International Airport on March 18, 2022. Like other deployments...

Mar 16, 2022, 11:30 ET Radar Studies of Ice at Mercury May Help Artemis Program

Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, some craters on Mercury's poles contain ice. The deposits, which were first detected in the early 1990s, ...

Mar 09, 2022, 14:00 ET Novel Framework Developed to Understand Recurrent Acute Disasters

As Recurrent Acute Disasters (RADs)--sequential disasters that impact a specific locale over time—become more frequent and intense, affecting...

Feb 25, 2022, 17:51 ET USRA Remembers Dr. Judith Pipher, Former Vice Chair of USRA Board of Trustees

It is with great sadness that USRA reports the passing of Dr. Judith L. Pipher, former Vice Chair of the USRA Board of Trustees, Professor Emerita at ...

Feb 22, 2022, 13:00 ET How Magnetic Fields Help Feed a Supermassive Black Hole

For the first time, researchers discovered that magnetic fields assist gravity in directing dust and gas toward the supermassive black hole at a...

Jan 27, 2022, 09:00 ET USRA Teams with Rigetti Computing and NASA to Deliver Technology for Phase 2 of the DARPA ONISQ Program

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) today announced the start of operations for phase-2 of DARPA's Optimization with Noisy Intermediate...

Jan 10, 2022, 12:15 ET Measuring Carbon Emission from an Inclined Galaxy

Ionized carbon is an important tracer of astronomical processes and understanding how the angle of a galaxy affects the ionized carbon can be key for ...

Dec 17, 2021, 13:00 ET A Stellar Merger's Snapshot in Time

Eleven years after it was last observed and 17 years after a stellar merger occurred, SOFIA looked at V838 Monocerotis, or V838 Mon, a binary star...

Dec 09, 2021, 09:55 ET USRA Announces 2021 Distinguished Undergraduate Award Recipients

Universities Space Research Association proudly announced today the winners of the prestigious 2021 USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Awards. In...

Dec 08, 2021, 12:00 ET USRA Continues Low Earth Orbit Presence with Nanoracks and Voyager Space

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) has been selected by Nanoracks and Voyager Space --along with ZIN Technologies, The Ohio State...

Nov 29, 2021, 13:00 ET A Spiral Galaxy's Invisible, Opposing Arms

NGC 7479, also known as Caldwell 44, is a barred spiral galaxy, with a bar-shaped center filled with stars (as is characteristic of a majority of...

Nov 22, 2021, 12:00 ET Deep Neural Networks Find 301 More Planets Increasing Kepler's Total Count

Using a new deep neural network called ExoMiner, a team of scientists from Universities Space Research Association (USRA), NASA, and other...