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Small step for Prada, giant leap for feminism | Data Driven

Sarah Datta November 29, 2023
NASA's partnership with Prada to design new space suits is a progressive step for women and gender-nonconforming individuals in STEM.
Mercury

Can Mercury give us a break?

Frances Beedon October 17, 2021
Even if a planet is trying to bring negativity into your life, you can and will get through it.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Philosophical Soup: Reality in astrology

Max Ferrandino March 24, 2021
Astrology is in our lives whether we believe in it or not. We should respect people who embrace it.
The Astronomy Department in CAS. Philip Muirhead, a BU astronomy professor, is leading a team that is assembling a list of red dwarf stars for NASA's latest satellite, TESS, to explore. PHOTO BY ANDRES PICON/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU team joins NASA in the search for earth-like planets

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 18, 2018
This week, NASA will launch its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the mission of which, aided by a group of Boston University professors and students, is to locate Earth-like exoplanets.

With help from innovators, BU earns recognition as top research university

Daily Free Press Admin March 25, 2014

Boston University is home to many researchers who specialize in subjects ranging from planet formation, such as Dr. Catherine Espaillat, to curing Alzheimer’s disease, such as Max Wallack, junior in...

BU professors collaborate with scientists at NASA to launch satellite

Daily Free Press Admin November 21, 2013

Three Boston University professors joined scientists at the National Aeronautics Space Administration to launch a satellite on Monday that will explore the atmosphere of the planet Mars. The satellite,...

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