ASU scientists contribute to a better understanding of our home planet and the universe beyond. Researchers explore and unravel the formation, behavior and evolution of earthquakes, volcanoes, sand dunes on Mars, astronomy, cosmology and distant galaxies.
For example:
- ASU’s pioneering research through the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) is fusing earth and space sciences with engineering. The NASA Mars Odyssey mission carries three main science instruments developed through SESE: The Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS), the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), and the Mars Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE).
- The Origins Initiative at ASU will continue a tradition of transdisciplinary activity, and an unusually strong existing research emphasis on origins issues from evolutionary biology to nanotechnology, from human institutions to the origin of the universe.