Philip Lubin's research involves early universe studies, Cosmic Microwave Background studies, Planck satellite, high Z metal lines, high altitude balloon borne astrophysics experiments, low ...

Philip Lubin and his team are continuing to make progress toward laser pushed sails. This is a way to achieve significant fractions of the speed of light for interstellar missions and a way to beam ...

As an asteroid roughly half as large as a football field — and with energy equal to a large hydrogen bomb — readies for a fly-by of Earth on Friday, two California scientists are unveiling their ...

Philip Lubin has been funded by NASA NIAC to study a practical and effective method of planetary asteroid defense that allows for extremely short mitigation time scales if required. The method ...

In the recent Oscar-nominated film “Don’t Look Up,” stars Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio play astronomers who struggle to get the world to take seriously the threat of a 9-km-diameter comet ...

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