August 4, 2025
Two Georgia Tech Students Named 2025 Astronaut Scholars
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They are among 74 students selected from 51 universities nationwide to receive this prestigious honor.

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July 30, 2025
The United States Should Act Now to Mitigate Conflict Escalation on the Moon
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Georgia Tech experts explore the growing geopolitical risks of lunar activity and call for clearer international norms to prevent conflict on the moon.

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July 18, 2025
Georgia Tech Study Hopes to Prevent Cislunar Collisions as Moon Missions Increase
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A Georgia Tech study warns that rising lunar traffic could lead to costly collision avoidance maneuvers, urging better coordination to manage growing risks in cislunar space.

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July 15, 2025
LIGO Detects Most Massive Binary Black Hole to Date
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Before merging, both black holes were spinning exceptionally fast, and their masses fell into a range that should be very rare — or impossible.

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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.

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July 9, 2025
GTRI Will be Prominent Partner With New Space Research Institute, Says Executive Director Jud Ready
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SRI will become the center of all things space-related at the Institute. It will work in partnership with academics, business partners, philanthropists, students, and governments.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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June 24, 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.

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