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Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck. UW engineers have figured out why. 

July 25, 2025

The researchers’ discovery resulted from their work on a NASA-funded project to simulate the VIPER rover, which had been planned for a lunar mission. Read More

UW–Madison physicists play key role in international observatory

June 16, 2025

Physics professor Keith Bechtol and his research group have been key players in bringing the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile to the main stage. Now its state-of-the-art telescope has started taking its first images of the night sky. Read More

Fossil corals point to possibly steeper sea level rise under a warming world

June 13, 2025

Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals found on an island chain in the Indian Ocean suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming world than previously thought.   Read More

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