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Experts in the Media: Florida Tech astrobiologist Manasvi Lingam in Astronomy magazine on the search for life 'out there'
It's a question people have been asking since we first started looking at the stars - Are we alone out there? It's been the focus ...
Hey Siri: How Much Does This Galaxy Cluster Weigh?
It's been nearly a century since astronomer Fritz Zwicky first calculated the mass of the Coma Cluster, a dense collection of almost 1,000 galaxies located in ...
Expert commentary on ADA anniversary and neurodiversity in the workplace
Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, is available for media commentary on the ...
James Webb Telescope Images Deliver New Look at Universe, Potential for Life in the Cosmos
On July 12, NASA unveiled its long-awaited first images from the James Webb Telescope, a cutting-edge tool sent to space with the mission of furthering our ...
The Day the Universe Changed: A Conversation with Scott Engle, PhD
In the opening to last week’s 60 Minutes episode, host Scott Pelley remarks, “this December 22 may become known as the day the universe changed.” December 22, ...
When art imitates life? Find out how MSU experts may have played a leading role in a blockbuster hitting the big screens this winter
The film “Don’t Look Up” starring Hollywood A-listers Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio who play a faculty-graduate student pair from Michigan State University’s ...
Could there be a Ninth Planet?
A new study re-examined work from 2016 to propose additional evidence of a ninth planet. While this has received a lot of skepticism from astronomers, the ...
Supermoon! Red blood lunar eclipse! It’s all happening at once, but what does that mean? Our experts can help if you're covering!
The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours of May 26. But this is going to be an especially super lunar ...
Covering the great conjunction -let our expert help with your questions about this stellar holiday event
As the world continues to turn during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are settling in for a holiday season unlike any other in recent ...
Will Venus reveal that there is ‘something’ out there? Let our expert explain
The scientific world is abuzz and it’s all because of a recent discovery around Venus. Just this week, an international team of astronomers detected ...