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July 11, 2025
Space: The Current Frontier
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Georgia Tech engineers have the solar system covered, with projects hundreds — or millions — of miles from home.
July 3, 2025
How Agentic AI is Rethinking the Origins of Life on Earth
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Georgia Tech researchers Amirali Aghazadeh and Daniel Saeedi discuss AstroAgents, an agentic AI system that analyzes space chemistry to generate new ideas for life’s beginnings.
July 1, 2025
Georgia Tech Launches Two New Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
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By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.
June 30, 2025
Ready Named Inaugural Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Space Research Institute
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Effective July 1, Ready will serve as the inaugural executive director of Georgia Tech’s new Space Research Institute, which will officially launch on the same date.
June 26, 2025
Space Station Testing Will Evaluate Photovoltaic Materials
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Georgia Tech researchers will soon send 18 photovoltaic cells to the International Space Station for a study of how space conditions affect the devices’ operation over time.
June 25, 2025
Mars Rising as the New Frontier of Science and Strategy
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As the White House accelerates plans for a 2026 crewed mission to Mars, Georgia Tech experts highlight the engineering, scientific, and diplomatic challenges that will shape the success—and sustainability—of humanity’s next giant leap.
June 25, 2025
How Do Scientists Calculate the Probability That an Asteroid Could Hit Earth?
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When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.
June 10, 2025
Georgia Tech Hosts Kickoff for Space-Bound Black Hole Imaging Mission
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A bold space mission led by Georgia Tech and NASA aims to capture the most detailed images of black holes yet by launching twin telescopes into orbit.
June 5, 2025
Volcano 'Hidden in Plain Sight' Could Help Date Mars — and its Habitability
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Georgia Tech scientists have uncovered evidence that a mountain on the rim of Jezero Crater — where NASA’s Perseverance Rover is currently collecting samples for possible return to Earth — is likely a volcano.
May 28, 2025
AI scientist ‘team’ joins the search for extraterrestrial life
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Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have created a system that can perform autonomous research in astrobiology, the study of the origins of life in the Universe.
May 27, 2025
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe One Asteroid at a Time
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Masatoshi Hirabayashi will utilize data from ancient asteroids to gain a deeper understanding of the history of space.
May 27, 2025
10 Questions with Jud Ready
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Ready had hoped earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech would lead him to a spot in NASA’s Astronaut Corps. Instead, it’s led him to GTRI, where his passion for space is alive and well.