Tag: NASA

National Demand Grows for SBU Professor Timothy Glotch and His Lunar Science Expertise

Since being selected by NASA for the Artemis moon research team, Professor Timothy Glotch has quickly emerged as a sought-after expert in lunar science.

April 7, 2026

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Professor Timothy Glotch to Serve on NASA’s Artemis Mission First Geology Team

Timothy Glotch, professor and chair of the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University, will be a participating scientist with NASA as part of Artemis‘ first lunar surface science team. Glotch is among 10...

April 1, 2026

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Photo caption: Bennu sample OREX-800066-3 under near-field optical microscope during nanoscale infrared analysis. The metallic tip (top center) of the scanning near-field optical microscope probes the sample's chemical composition at ~20-nanometer resolution, revealing distinct organic-mineral domains within this Bennu fragment returned to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023. Photo Credit: Stony Brook University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

SBU Researchers Uncover New Clues About Carbonaceous Asteroids

Recent research by faculty from Stony Brook University’s Department of Geosciences analyzed carbonaceous asteroid samples from Bennu, an asteroid visited by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. It revealed the chemical...

March 31, 2026

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Stony Brook University to Host First NASA Hubble Fellow

Stony Brook University has been chosen to host its first NASA Hubble Fellow: Konstantinos Kritos, a PhD student from Johns Hopkins University.

March 25, 2026

3 min read

From Fossils to Stars: Stony Brook’s Turkana Basin Institute Expands Its Horizons

The Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya studies the origins of life on Earth and fossils that tell the story of our ancestors. Now, they’re looking to the skies.

November 7, 2025

4 min read

Stony Brook Researcher Granted Access to Rare Lunar Samples

Stony Brook University planetary scientist Timothy Glotch leads a US research team with access to rare lunar materials collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission.

May 1, 2025

7 min read

Student Wins $10K Grant from NASA’s L’SPACE Training Program

Mechanical engineering major Edwin Tan recently received a $10,000 grant to support his team's project proposal for NASA’s L’SPACE training program.

February 27, 2025

2 min read

SBU Part of NASA Mission to Better Understand Tropical Storms

Data collected from the mission will help scientists better understand and predict the behavior of dangerous tropical storms and address a significant issue of climate change.

December 1, 2021

3 min read

Geosciences PhD Candidate Receives Prestigious NASA Fellowship

Victoria Rivera Banuchi received the fellowship for her proposal, "Experimental constraints on ultraviolet-light driven iron oxidation processes on early Mars."

June 21, 2021

3 min read

Journalism Grad Assists with NASA Moon Mission

When American astronauts return to the moon in 2024, Stony Brook journalism graduate Erika Peters ‘20 will have played a small but significant role in the journey.

April 6, 2021

4 min read

Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

Samples from the Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, may help to reveal evidence of Mars' climate changes during its existence and possible signs of previous life.

March 8, 2021

4 min read

Professor Joel Hurowitz Celebrates Third Mars Rover Milestone

As an SBU grad student, Hurowitz was part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission in 2004. Now he is involved in the latest rover mission, Perseverance.

July 29, 2020

3 min read

NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Stony Brook University’s RISE2 team is one of eight research teams chosen by NASA to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space exploration as part of the Solar System Exploration...

July 8, 2019

3 min read

Researchers, Students Join NASA on Mission to Explore Otherworldly Locations

NASA recently joined forces with Stony Brook University students and researchers to venture onto other-worldly terrain in the New Mexico desert as part of a program designed to prepare future astronauts for their...

September 12, 2017

4 min read

Tag: NASA

National Demand Grows for SBU Professor Timothy Glotch and His Lunar Science Expertise

Professor Timothy Glotch to Serve on NASA’s Artemis Mission First Geology Team

SBU Researchers Uncover New Clues About Carbonaceous Asteroids

Stony Brook University to Host First NASA Hubble Fellow

From Fossils to Stars: Stony Brook’s Turkana Basin Institute Expands Its Horizons

Stony Brook Researcher Granted Access to Rare Lunar Samples

Student Wins $10K Grant from NASA’s L’SPACE Training Program

SBU Part of NASA Mission to Better Understand Tropical Storms

Geosciences PhD Candidate Receives Prestigious NASA Fellowship

Journalism Grad Assists with NASA Moon Mission

Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

Professor Joel Hurowitz Celebrates Third Mars Rover Milestone

NASA Selects SBU Team to Collaborate on Space Research

Researchers, Students Join NASA on Mission to Explore Otherworldly Locations

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