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A NASA-sponsored team at RIT is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor detector technology that will enable future NASA astrophysics space missions to search for life on other planets.

A years-long student-led NASA project that develops technology to help guide rockets will near its final destination this month on board the Balloon Optimization Opportunity Platform!, or BOOP!

Attila Varga, an astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. candidate at RIT, is proud of his research that has led to new understanding about a newborn exoplanet that is shrinking due to the harsh X-rays of its nearby host star.

Two RIT astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. students had proposals accepted for the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Science Space and Technology program, which provides funding for graduate student designed and performed research projects for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

At the Undergraduate Research Symposium, RIT students share research in artificial intelligence, sustainability, health sciences, and other areas that is helping to solve global challenges.
 

Mashable spotlights research from astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga. The discoveries, published in the Astrophysical Journal, offer a rare window into what planets look like in their infancy.

The Times of India highlights a discovery led by astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga. The astronomers observed a dramatic event on exoplanet TOI 1227 b.

Universe Today highlights research led by astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga.

Carlos Lousto, Distinguished Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, is a recipient of the 2024 RAICES Award, granted by the Secretariat of Innovation, Science, and Technology (SICyT) of the Argentine government.

WHEC-TV speaks to David Messinger, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, about the differences between real and counterfeit stamps.

Numerous members of the RIT community will participate in exploring the universe during the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) fourth cycle, set to begin in early July.

An essay by André Hudson, dean of the College of Science, published by The Conversation.