IceCube Neutrinos Point to Long-Sought Cosmic Ray Accelerator

Image shows Georgia Tech Associate Professor Ignacio Taboada with a digital optical module of the kind used in the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The observatory has 5,000 of the modules suspended in clear ice to detect blue light indicating passage of a neutrino.(Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Jul 12, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
An international team of scientists has found the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos.

NASA Pushes Exploration of Oceans in Our Solar System in Georgia Tech-Led Alliance

Under the thick ice crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus flows water. Could it harbor life? A new NASA-funded research alliance called Oceans Across Space and Time wants to know. Credit: NASA
Nov 01, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Envision a yellow submarine on a rocket to Europa as a future highpoint of a research project led by Georgia Tech to search for life in our solar system's oceans.

Catalog of Cosmic Cataclysms Helps Establish Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Image shows simulation of gravitational waves produced when two binary black holes collide. (Credit: Center for Relativistic Astrophysics)
Dec 05, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new catalog of cataclysmic events supports the development of gravitational wave astronomy.

Birth of Massive Black Holes in the Early Universe Revealed

Zoom of the inner 30 light-years of the dark matter halo. The rotating gaseous disk breaks apart into three clumps that collapse under their own gravity to form supermassive stars.  (Credit: John Wise, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jan 23, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
New research shows that when galaxies assemble extremely rapidly – and sometimes violently – that can lead to the formation of very massive black holes.

Will Moving to the Commercial Cloud Leave Some Data Users Behind?

Georgia Tech assistant professor Mariel Borowitz is shown with satellite communications equipment. Dramatic growth in the generation and collection of data will change the way federal agencies make data available. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
Feb 07, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A space policy researcher urges caution on the design of commercial cloud contracts for hosting federal agency data.

Planetary Exploration Rover Avoids Sand Traps with “Rear Rotator Pedaling”

Built with multifunctional appendages able to spin wheels that can also be wiggled and lifted, the Mini Rover was modeled on a novel NASA rover design and used in the laboratory to develop and test complex locomotion techniques robust enough to help it climb hills composed of granular material, here ordinary beach sand. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)
Aug 24, 2020 - Atlanta, GA
Using the Mini Rover, researchers have studied locomotion techniques that could help future rovers work on granular lunar and planetary surfaces.

Indoor Air Quality Study Shows Aircraft in Flight May Have Lowest Particulate Levels

A newly reported study of air quality in indoor spaces such as stores, restaurants, offices, public transportation — and commercial jets — shows aircraft cabins with the lowest levels of tiny aerosol particles. (Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech)
Mar 02, 2021 - Atlanta, GA
A new study compares the level of particles in various indoor spaces, including aircraft cabins.
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