For nearly two years, professor Mark Robinson and his team have been preparing for the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Robinson is principal investigator of an imaging system on board that will capture the Moon's surface.
ASU planetary scientist Mark Robinson talks about the scheduled June 17 launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with Arizona Republic reporter Anne Ryman.
ASU has teamed with Google to create a new feature in Google Earth 5.0 that lets members of the public suggest places on Mars to photograph with ASU's THEMIS camera.
Visible results of Earth's restlessness far below often show up as volcanoes or earthquakes, but according to research by ASU seismologists, dynamic activity deep beneath us isn't always expressed on the surface.
After the Hubble Space Telescope receives its final instrument upgrade, it will be an even more powerful facility for astronomical research while simultaneously bringing the heavens closer to ASU.
The processing and analyzing of high-resolution multispectral images of Mercury's surface by ASU researcher helps build a case that Mercury is a dynamic planet.
Using high-resolution and multispectral images, researchers have started the difficult process of determining the composition of the planet's crust and chronicling its origin and evolution.
Matthew Fouch, an associate professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, will speak at the EarthScope Symposium and Reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 29.
The key piece of data supporting the hypothesis that microbes are surviving in Blood Falls, Antarctica, came from samples analyzed by Associate Professor Ariel Anbar and a team of ASU researchers.
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