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News in 2024

Purdue announces new head of the Department of Earth Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
12/6/2024

Purdue scientist expecting new world to reveal itself to Mars rover
12/4/2024

Purdue researchers use traffic jam theory to explain atmospheric blocking
11/18/2024

Harbor named Purdue Global interim chancellor
11/13/2024

Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
11/6/2024

Why Heat Waves of the Future May Be Even Deadlier Than Feared
11/4/2024

The election, Project 2025, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
10/29/2024

Europa Clipper is one of two missions on their way to see if Jupiter’s moons could support life
10/21/2024

Can Diamond Dust Help Cool Earth? Exploring Costs and Geoengineering Risks
10/21/2024

The little-known tale of thirsty chips
10/14/2024

Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
09/25/2024

NASA Mars Rover Spots Surprising ‘Zebra Rock’ Unlike Any Other
09/24/2024

Michael Vermeuel is 2024 AGU James R. Holton Award Recipient
09/20/2024

Purdue seismologists use new technique to determine activity below the surface of an Alaskan volcano
09/20/2024

Unrelaxed craters muddy the waters of the dwarf planet Ceres
09/19/2024

Ali Bramson is 2024 AGU Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Science Recipient
09/18/2024

Debjani Singh: Channeling a river of data for clean energy, sustainability
09/11/2024

1 million shots for ChemCam on Mars
09/10/2024

ChemCam fires its laser for the millionth time on Mars
09/10/2024

Storm Chasing: The Science of Tornadoes
09/4/2024

Why twisters target the United States
09/4/2024

Investigating Origins of CO2 Ice on Uranian Moons
09/3/2024

The Great Salt Lake Is Still Drying Up. Will It Affect Your Health? Yes.
08/30/2024

Rube Goldberg Machine Contest shows the hilarious side of engineering
08/30/2024

From lab to lunar and beyond: Check out some of the innovative space research from Purdue University
08/26/2024

Perseverance rover is making a steep ascent to reach unexplored Martian territory
08/26/2024

The Surprising Factor Making the United States a Tornado Hot Spot
08/23/2024

Will tornadoes and waterspouts thrive as Earth heats up?
08/22/2024

Ocean Salinity Affects Earth’s Climate. How About on Exoplanets?
08/19/2024

‘We humans have altered clouds — these are not the same now as in the pre-industrial era’
08/19/2024

R&D 100 Winners for 2024 are announced
08/15/2024

How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate?
08/14/2024

Long time community cluster partner wins prestigious Purdue research award
08/2/2024

Ipieca appoints ExxonMobil’s Paul Krishna as new Chair
07/30/2024

Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills
07/29/2024

NASA’s Perseverance rover may have just found what it was looking for on Mars
07/29/2024

The Thick Ice of Europa: A Barrier or a Gateway to Alien Life?
07/29/2024

'Twister,' 'Twisters' and the actual practice of storm chasing
07/22/2024

Accidentally exposed yellowish-green crystals reveal ‘mind-blowing’ finding on Mars, scientists say
07/22/2024

NASA Awards 10 Planetary Instrument Technology Development Grants
07/22/2024

Can You Stop A Tornado? Atmospheric Scientists Reveal the Truth About the Biggest Plot Point in ‘Twisters’
07/22/2024

These Tornado Chasers and Scientists Hunt Real Twisters
07/19/2024

'The pressure change was causing me to have contractions': What it's really like to be a tornado chaser
07/16/2024

How hurricanes will change as the Earth warms
07/9/2024

Isotope tracking suggests that plants cycle carbon faster than previously thought
07/8/2024

Hurricane Beryl a Stark Warning of Things to Come as Our Planet Heats Up
07/5/2024

Margaret Deahn awarded Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
07/1/2024

Stephanie Menten awarded Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
07/1/2024

New twists on tornadoes: Earth scientist studies why U.S. has so many tornadoes
06/28/2024

A Global Push Fixed the Ozone Hole. Satellites Could Threaten It.
06/25/2024

The Local Impact of Climate Change
06/14/2024

Mystery Hole Found on Mars Could Be Future Astronaut Home
06/14/2024

What lies beneath: Mars’ subsurface ice could be a key to sustaining future habitats on other planets
06/4/2024

Hurricane forecast points to a dangerous 2024 Atlantic season, with La Niña and a persistently warm ocean teaming up to power fierce storms
05/28/2024

Satellites and space junk burning up in the atmosphere is a new kind of pollution
05/28/2024

Are volcanic depressions on the Moon a fountain of youth?
05/17/2024

2024 NFS Graduate Research Fellowship Program announces awardees and honorable mentions
05/16/2024

Weather station networks benefit farmers, others
05/14/2024

Prof. Daniel Chavas receives AMS Outstanding Career Award
05/14/2024

Prof. Ali Bramson receives NASA award for Mars Ice Mapping
05/10/2024

Discover Purdue’s latest and greatest in space sciences
05/6/2024

How hot is too hot?
04/29/2024

2024 EAPS Awards announced
04/29/2024

NASA: 'New plan needed to return rocks from Mars'
04/16/2024

Cloudy science, clear insights: Atmospheric scientist studies clouds’ causes and effects
04/15/2024

China to hear pitches from NASA scientist, other researchers, to study Chang’e 5 lunar samples
04/11/2024

Rock Sampled by NASA's Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars
04/10/2024

Special report: Solar eclipse path of totality
04/9/2024

Purdue University campus pauses to soak up 2024 solar eclipse, experiencing near totality
04/9/2024

Trustees approve faculty promotions
04/5/2024

Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth?
04/4/2024

Huber receives 2023 McCoy Award for pioneering work to assess global climate risk
03/29/2024

A 'snowball fight' may help scientists find life on Jupiter's moon Europa
03/25/2024

Jupiter’s icy moon may be the next place humans find life, but first, they need to understand the structure of the moon
03/25/2024

Purdue researchers use Rossby waves to predict heatwaves
03/18/2024

6 questions with NASA astronaut Drew Feustel, who will be at IMS for the total eclipse
03/15/2024

NASA’s Mars rover probes ancient shorelines for signs of life
03/14/2024

Burial Depths of Lava Flows on the Moon
03/11/2024

1 Month out from total solar eclipse
03/11/2024

Ingenuity Spots the Shadow of Its Damaged Rotor Blade
02/29/2024

Staff Excellence: Business Management
02/29/2024

Boilermakers given rare opportunity to send two crews on back-to-back Mars Desert Research Station missions
02/29/2024

What If There Were No Leap Years?
02/29/2024

2024 Faculty and Staff Awards
02/26/2024

Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere – and we still don’t know what impact this will have on the Earth’s climate
02/26/2024

The science behind leap years
02/26/2024

Odysseus completes first US moon landing in 50 years: How did it unfold?
02/26/2024

How is snow made? An atmospheric scientist describes the journey of frozen ice crystals from clouds to the ground
02/26/2024

Interview with Dr. Daniel Cziczo (International Excellence Fellow 2023)
02/26/2024

Odysseus Lunar Lander's Mission to the Moon
02/22/2024

"It's kind of scary, it sounded like thunder:" One woman shares her earthquake experience for "Earthquake Awareness Month"
02/14/2024

MastCamZ captures solar eclipse on Mars
02/13/2024

12 states in path of totality during April 8 solar eclipse
02/9/2024

Farewell to Our Flying Friend and Closing in on the Crater Rim
02/9/2024

Purdue scientists discover volcanic material on the Moon where it has never been detected before
02/7/2024

Empowering Voices in Science: A Collaborative Film Project Showcasing Female Scientists in Fieldwork
02/6/2024

This weather phenomenon on Lake Michigan stunned meteorologists Friday
01/23/2024

University collaboration receives $6 million in funding for new CI workforce project
01/19/2024

Improving our understanding of Earth's upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
01/16/2024

At the Mars Desert Research Station, Purdue crews live and work as if they are truly inhabiting the red planet
01/4/2024

NASA’s most high-risk endeavor in decades and other boundary-pushing space missions planned for 2024
01/4/2024

The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans
01/2/2024

From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024
01/2/2024

Busy year of space missions lies ahead in 2024
01/2/2024

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