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According to the World Health Organization, landslides are more widespread than any other geological event.

UBC students help NASA find landslides by training computers to read Reddit

UBC graduate students trained computers to “read” news articles about landslides on Reddit to bolster a NASA database, which could improve predictions of when and where these natural disasters will occur.

Oct 6, 2022

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, after being rolled out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than Aug. 29. Credit: NASA

We’re heading to the moon and maybe Mars. So who owns them?

Humanity is set to make a return to the Moon with the Artemis program, in what NASA says is a first step to Mars. So, who gets first dibs?

Sep 1, 2022

Dr. Corey Nislow and his team are sending yeast and algae into space aboard Artemis 1. Credit: Justin Ohata/UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences

UBC scientist is sending yeast and algae to space on Artemis 1

UBC pharmaceutical sciences professor Dr. Corey Nislow is sending yeast and algae cultures into space, in a pod not much bigger than a shoebox, to study the effects of cosmic rays and near zero gravity on living organisms.

Aug 23, 2022

MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 7,600 kilometers away during its flyby of the Red Planet on Nov. 26, 2018. MarCO-B was flying by Mars with its twin, MarCO-A, to attempt to serve as communications relays for NASA’s InSight spacecraft as it landed on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The lonely fate of a robot on Mars

Covered in the red dust that sealed its fate, the NASA InSight lander is slowly shutting down, more than 250 million kilometres from home.

May 17, 2022

Sizes of the 17 new planet candidates, compared to Mars, Earth, and Neptune. The planet in green is KIC-7340288 b, a rare rocky planet in the Habitable Zone. Credit: Michelle Kunimoto

UBC student discovers 17 new planets, including potentially habitable, Earth-sized world

UBC astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA’s Kepler mission.

Feb 28, 2020

Sources of magnetism detected by magnetic sensor aboard the Mars InSight Lander. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. [Click to enlarge]

Magnetic field at Martian surface ten times stronger than expected

New data gleaned from the magnetic sensor aboard NASA’s InSight spacecraft is offering an unprecedented close-up of magnetic fields on Mars.

Feb 24, 2020

UBC students play Mars explorers in rover competition

Second-year mechanical engineering students inspired by NASA’s Mars explorations will race remote-controlled “rovers” that they’ve designed themselves in a battle of wits, speed and design excellence.

Jan 28, 2020

Researchers are studying if yeast can protect astronauts from space radiation. Credit: Justin Ohata/UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences

UBC researcher studies yeast to protect astronauts from space radiation

Corey Nislow is not an astronaut, but if humanity makes it to Mars safely, he will have played a vital role.

Dec 16, 2019

Jessica Meir training a bar-headed goose to fly alongside her on a motor scooter. Credit: Milsom Lab/UBC

Slowed metabolism helps geese fly high

A few years before NASA astronaut Jessica Meir began learning to fly a spacecraft for her upcoming trip to the International Space Station, she was in flight-training of a different kind: teaching bar-headed geese how to fly in a wind tunnel at the University of British Columbia.

Sep 3, 2019

Watch live coverage of the Mars InSight landing with member of NASA team

Watch NASA’s live coverage of the Mars InSight landing with the UBC planetary scientist who is the only Canadian involved in the mission.

Nov 23, 2018

MESSENGER reveals Mercury’s ancient magnetic field secrets

New data from MESSENGER, the spacecraft that orbited Mercury for four years before crashing into the planet a week ago, reveals Mercury’s magnetic field is almost four billion years old.

May 7, 2015

Star light, star bright

UBC astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to discover new insights into the formation of the Milky Way.

Jul 18, 2013

UBC engineering students unveil moon dust-shoveling robot before NASA competition

A robot designed by UBC students will be shoveling moon dust at an international robotics competition next week, vying for a $500,000 prize and the opportunity to contribute to NASA’s future space exploration projects.

Oct 9, 2009