News Archive

LASP appoints Dr. Lynda Duran associate director for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility

Boulder Solar Alliance REU kicks off summer 2024 program

Front Range team wins NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge with innovative idea for lunar “service station”

Empty Space: A LASP Artist in Residence Exhibition opens at the Boulder Public Library

Teaching creative thinking in science through art: LASP artists-in-residence program hosts local elementary students

Get to Know a LASPian: Kristin Gutierrez

2023 awardees chosen for the Charles A. Barth Scholarship for undergraduate space research

LASP selects artists for new art-meets-science program

LASP welcomes planetary scientist and MAVEN Principal Investigator Shannon Curry

LASP announces new director of mission operations and data systems

2023 Boulder Solar Alliance students shine

Briana Indahl awarded prestigious, early career NASA fellowship

Meet this summer’s Boulder Solar Alliance REU Cohort!

Get to Know a LASPian: Robyn Wing

LASP launches new Artist in Residence program

LASP’s Laila Andersson named to prominent National Academies committee

Get to Know a LASPian: Jenny Knuth

CU Boulder, LASP welcome NASA leaders to campus

Get to Know a LASPian: Brian Evans

Model employee: Phil Evans’ lasting legacy

LASP hosts CU President Todd Saliman and other university leaders

LASP names Dr. Pamela Millar its first deputy director for strategic development and communications

LASP’s Peter Pilewskie named to prominent National Academies committee for space-based research

LASP announces new graduate student fellowships honoring its first director

2022 awardees chosen for the Charles A. Barth Scholarship for undergraduate space research

The stellar students of the 2022 Boulder Solar Alliance REU program

Frank Eparvier named new LASP lead scientist

LASP planetary scientist and diversity advocate Fran Bagenal inducted into the National Academy of Sciences

LASP helps host members of U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

LASP and NSO researcher Adam Kowalski awarded early career 2022 Karen Harvey Prize

LASP scientists investigate life in volcanic habitats for clues to habitability on Mars

LASP researcher and Atmospheric Sciences professor Brian Toon elected AAAS Fellow

LASP students gain hands-on experience operating the IXPE mission

Mysterious STEVE light emissions emanate from Earth’s magnetosphere

Celebrating CU’s Bruce Jakosky and his dedication to the MAVEN mission to Mars

LASP researcher and Aerospace Engineering professor Xinlin Li elected a 2021 AGU Fellow

LASP researchers led by undergraduate discover river of dust around the sun from Parker Solar Probe

NASA’s MAVEN mission begins a new chapter with a new leader

LASP researcher Scott Piggott named AIAA Professional Engineer of the Year

LASP researcher reveals new clues on what makes the Sun’s atmosphere so hot

LASP scientists find hidden pockets of water ice on the moon

LASP scientist determine that volcanic ash may have a bigger impact on the climate than we thought

CU on the Air Podcast: LASP Director Dan Baker talks with CU president Mark Kennedy about the Hope Mars Mission and the future of Space Research at CU

LASP scientists and teams receive NASA achievement medals

Planetary scientist honored for his cosmic perspective

Engineers, students played key role in hunt for alien worlds

LASP director awarded EGU’s Alfvén Medal

LASP director receives AGU’s highest honor

Schneider honored for helping unravel mysteries of Mars

Launching rockets and STEM dreams for first-generation students

Student Dust Counter got few “hits” during Pluto flyby

LASP director elected AIAA Fellow

AAAS and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Announce 2015 Fellows

LASP director receives prestigious Shen Kuo award

LASP scientist elected AGU fellow

Instrument designed by CU Boulder students speeds by Pluto on historic New Horizons mission

LASP Director Awarded Sarabhai Professorship and Prize

LASP brings New Horizons science to rural Colorado communities

CU-Boulder students to help control instruments on MMS from LASP

LASP Director receives University of Colorado Distinguished Professor Award

New study shows citizens count lunar craters on par with professionals

LASP’s Toon to deliver Distinguished Research Lecture: Dead Dinosaurs & Nuclear Wars

MAVEN Student Art Contest Winner Announced

LASP scientist receives prestigious solar research medal

LASP director leads 10-year plan for solar research

LASP director recognized as AGU distinguished lecturer

LASP director receives prestigious writing award

LASP scientists elected as AGU fellows

LASP scientist successfully models Saturn dust streams

LASP Director to lead AGU workshop on space weather

LASP researcher leads study on migration of Mars volcanic activity

LASP scientist receives Humboldt Research Award

LASP scientists, instrument responsible for new solar flare discovery

LASP scientist awarded American Geophysical Union Revelle Medal

LASP scientists instrumental in mission to Jupiter

CU-Boulder students build NSF satellite to study space weather

New video features Student Dust Counter and team members

LASP scientist awarded Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal

LASP student recognized for contributions to New Horizons mission

Student-built space-science instrument breaks distance record; new results published

LASP scientist publishes astronomy textbook

LASP director explores value of GPS

LASP scientist to lead two new lunar programs

Dan Baker elected to National Academy of Engineering

CU-Boulder director and faculty member Daniel Baker wins AIAA Leadership in Space Research award

LASP researchers find evidence of ancient lake on Mars

Fred Wilshusen, rocket pioneer, has died at the age of 84