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Press Releases & Media Placement

— 2016 —

University becomes 36th member of Leadership Alliance

• May 18 | North Carolina A&T joins prestigious research alliance

A Researcher's guide to cellular suicide

• May 10 | North Carolina A&T professor serves as editor of a book on cell death methods in toxicological research

— 2015 —

Forged in the hearts of stars

• KTAR News 92.3 FM | Nov. 18 | ASU researchers to study elements released when stars explode

Lava rocks offer clues to what's happening far below

• Science Daily | Nov. 24 | Volcanic rocks hold clues to Earth's interior

ASU chosen to lead lunar CubeSat mission (August 25, 2015)

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Did dinosaurs enjoy Grand Canyon views? Definitely not, say researchers (June 10)

• Smithsonian | June 12 | Dinosaurs (Probably) Never Saw the Grand Canyon

ASU scientists play key roles in new NASA mission to Europa (May 26)

• Forbes | May 27 | NASA Kicks Off Mission To Find Life On Jupiter's Moon

• KJZZ/NPR | June 5 | ASU Team Will Help NASA Study Jupiter Moon Europa

• Phoenix Business Journal | June 11 | ASU, Ball Aerospace to develop technology for NASA

Tau Ceti: The next Earth? Probably not (Apr. 22)

• Yahoo news | Apr. 23 | Hopes of life on planet 'premature'

• Space.com | Apr. 24| Nearby Alien Planets Not So Life-Friendly After All

• Slate | June 8 | Seeing Stars

ASU team searching for signs of life in the stars (Apr. 21)

• Huffington Post | Apr. 23 | NASA's Bold New NExSS Initiative Will Search For Signs Of Life On Other Planets

• Astronomy Magazine | Apr. 23 | NASA’s NExSS to lead search for life on distant worlds

ASU research on Apollo samples refines lunar impact history (Feb. 12)

• TIME | Feb. 17 | Surprising Discovery From Really Old Moon Rocks

Celebrating the life of professor Alberto Behar (Jan. 12)

• EoS | June 29 | Tribute: Alberto Behar

— 2014 —

NASA chooses ASU to design, operate camera system for Mars 2020 mission (July 31)

• The Arizona Republic | July 31 | Next Mars rover mission to carry ASU cameras

• Scientific American | Aug. 1 | Dig These Instruments That Will Be on NASA's Mars 2020 Rover

• KJZZ/NPR | Aug. 1 | Next Mars Rover Has ASU Ties

• Phoenix Business Journal | Aug. 1 | ASU selected to manage NASA 2020 mission to Mars

Planet Mercury a result of early hit-and-run collisions (July 6)

• Space.com | July 6 | Did Huge Impact Shape Planet Mercury?

• Huffington Post | July 7 | Planet Mercury May Have Been Shaped By Huge Ancient Impact

• TIME | July 7 | Why the Planet Mercury is So Utterly Peculiar

• National Geographic | July 8 | Planetary Smashup Left Mercury With a Massive, Metallic Heart

• Sky and Telescope | July 10 | Is Mercury a Hit-and-Run Survivor?

Hubble unveils its most colorful view of the universe (June 3)

• Astronomy Magazine | June 3 | Hubble team unveils most colorful view of the universe

• Huffington Post | June 3 | This Amazing Shot Of 10,000 Galaxies May Be The Hubble Telescope's Most Spectacular Photo Ever

• Space.com | June 3 | Hubble Captures Colorful Evolving Universe

• Slate | June 3 | Hubble’s Colorful Candy-Striped Universe

— 2013 —

Rare meteorite preserved for present, future scientists (Aug. 21)

• NPR | Aug. 21 | 5 US Institutions To Share Meteorite Pieces

• Washington Post | Aug. 21 | 5 US institutions to share pieces of rare meteorite that exploded over California

— 2012 —

ASU astronomers discover faintest distant galaxy (June 1)

• Astronomy magazine | June 5 | Astronomers discover faintest distant galaxy

• Huffington Post | June 6 | Faintest Galaxy: Newly Discovered Star System Is 13 Billion Light-Years From Earth

• Space.com | June 6 | Newfound Object Is Faintest Distant Galaxy Seen at Universe's Edge

• Yahoo news | June 6 | Newfound Object Is Faintest Distant Galaxy Seen at Universe's Edge

• MSNBC | June 6 | Faintest galaxy yet found at distant edges of universe

Dawn spacecraft reveals complexities of ancient asteroidal world (May 10)

• TIME | May 15 | A Closer Look at the Solar System's Most Fascinating Asteroid

Map of Io (Mar. 19)

• USA Today | Mar. 19 | Io map unveiled

• Popular Science | Mar. 20 | Photographed: the Yellowish, Blistery Volcano Surface of Jupiter's Moon Io

• Wired | Mar. 20 | Colorful Map Details Volcano-Studded Surface of Io

• Yahoo news | Mar. 21 | New Map of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io is Best One Ever

• New Scientist | Mar. 21 | First map of most violent world in the solar system

• Huffington Post | Mar. 22 | Jupiter Moon Io Shows Volcanoes, Mountains In New Map

• MSNBC | Mar. 22 | First geological map of Jupiter's moon Io created

Moon images show crust pulling apart (Feb. 20)

• Discovery News | Feb. 21 | It's Alive! There's Magma on the Moon

• Christian Science Monitor | Feb. 21 | Moon may contain magma say scientists

• Wired | Feb. 21 | Not Dead Yet: Moon Still Seismically Active

• National Geographic | Feb. 21 | New Scars Found on Moon, Hint at "Recent" Tectonic Activity

• NPR | Feb. 21 | Seismic Activity May Mean Moon Is Not Dead Yet

Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations (Jan. 31)

• MSNBC | Jan. 30 | Evolution shrinks mammals fast, but they're slow to grow

• Wired | Jan. 30 | Speed Limits on the Evolution of Enormousness

— 2011 —

Book explores how universe could have come from nothing (Dec. 9)

• New Scientist | Jan. 18 | Trying to make the cosmos out of nothing

• NPR | Jan. 13 | Lawrence Krauss On 'A Universe From Nothing'

South to the Pole (Nov. 28)

• The New York Times | Dec. 2 | The Antarctic

ASU team releases high resolution global topographic map of Moon (Nov. 16)

• Wired | Nov. 17 | Astronomers Make High-Resolution Topographical Map of Moon

• Washington Post | Nov. 17 | NASA maps the moon at highest resolution yet

• BBC | Nov. 17 | Nasa releases sharpest ever Moon elevation map

New LROC images offer sharper views of Apollo 12, 14, 17 sites (Sept. 6)

• ABC News | Sept. 13 | Apollo Astronauts’ Moon Landing Sites Shot by NASA Orbiter

• BBC | Sept. 6 | Probe pictures Moon landing sites

• Discover Magazine | Sept. 6 | LRO spots Apollo landing sites in high res

• Fox | Sept. 6 | NASA Releases New Photos of Apollo Moon Landing Site

• Guardian | Sept. 6 | Moon photographs reveal tracks and trash left by Apollo astronauts

• MSNBC | Sept. 6 | Astronauts' tracks and trash show up in moon photos

• NPR | Sept. 6 | Tracks, Equipment Left By Apollo Missions Visible In New Moon Photos

• Washington Post | Sept. 6 | NASA releases new high-resolution images of moon landings

• Arizona Republic | Sept. 7 | ASU project's cameras find remnants of Apollo missions

• LA Times | Sept. 7 | Follow astronauts' footsteps on the moon in new photos

• TIME | Sept. 7 | Brand New Pictures of the Apollo-Landing Sites

• Wired | Sept. 7 | Nasa probe reveals images of Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites

• Astronomy.com | Sept. 8 | NASA spacecraft images offer sharper views of Apollo landing sites

• Wired | Sept. 8 | Zooming in on Apollo: New Images of the Moon From LRO

Cosmic magnifying lenses distort view of distant galaxies (Jan. 12)

• BBC | Jan. 13 | Galaxy clusters' ancient light shows young cosmic city

• Sky and Telescope | Jan. 27 | A Galaxy when Galaxies Were Young

The hunt for the lunar core (Jan. 6)

• CBS News | Jan. 6 | Sensors Left by Apollo Astronauts Reveal New Moon Insights

• MSNBC | Jan. 6 | Apollo-era data reveals details of moon's core

• Christian Science Monitor | Jan. 7 | What's inside the moon? A fresh look at Apollo-era data offers clues

• Discovery Channel | Jan. 7 | Moon's Core Much Like Earth's

• NPR | Jan. 7 | Apollo-Era Moon Data Get a Fresh Look

— 2010 —

Solar System may be 2 million years older than we thought (Aug. 24)

• Wired | Aug. 23 | Our Solar System: Now With 2 Million Years More Maturity

• Sydney Morning Herald | Aug. 23 | Solar System older than thought: study

• Telegraph | Aug. 23 | Solar system 'two million years older than first thought'

• Scientific American | Aug. 23 | Meteorite pushes back age of the solar system by nearly 2 million years

• National Geographic | Aug. 23 | Oldest Material in Solar System Found

• Fox News | Aug. 23 | Solar System May Be 2 Million Years Older Than Thought

• Discovery Channel | Aug. 23 | Solar System Older Than Once Thought

• MSNBC | Aug. 22 | Solar system may be 2 million years older than thought

• New Scientist | Aug. 22 | Solar system slips back in time

Probing the dark side of the universe (May 23)

• Scientific American | May 21 | Primordial Gravitational Waves Provide a Test of Cosmological Theories

• Popular Mechanics | May 23 | Probing the dark side of the universe

Image reveals unprecedented view of Universe (Jan. 5)

• Christian Science Monitor | Jan. 5 | Hubble telescope glimpses universe's earliest galaxies

• Fox News | Jan. 5 | Hubble Takes Earliest Snapshot of Infant Universe

— 2009 —

ASU researchers recalculate age of Solar System (Dec. 31)
MESSENGER team releases first global map of mercury (Dec. 15)
Documentary film on mud volcano launches in Arizona (Nov. 18)
LRO camera takes first look at Apollo 12 landing site (Sept. 3)
LROC takes first look at Apollo landing sites (July 17)
Turbulence responsible for black holes’ balancing act (July 15)
New focus on the Moon (July 2)

• BBC | July 3 | Moon probe returns first images

• Astronomy magazine | July 6 | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter sends first lunar images to Earth

ASU researchers find hidden ‘drip’ beneath Great Basin (May 27)
ASU researchers reveal origin, evolution of Mercury (April 30)
Unlikely life thriving at Antarctica’s Blood Falls (April 23)

 

— 2008 —

Sedimentary records point to evolution of Himalayas (Nov. 10)
NASA picks ASU team to guide study of search for life (Oct. 3)
Deep biosphere research points to new methods for recovering petroleum (Oct. 1)
ASU duo develops framework for Earth’s interior (May 2)
Professor helps discover clue to delay of life on Earth (March 27)
ASU research solves Solar System quandary (Jan. 22)