Title of Work

Flares of Fury

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Date of Work

2020

Medium

Color lithograph

Height

17"

Width

11"

Collection/Provenance

North Dakota NASA Space Grant Consortium Collection

Status

Stored: FF_004_E

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Artist Bio

NASA is a U.S. government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space.

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-nasa-58.html

Founded by Caltech faculty, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is the leading U.S. center for the robotic exploration of the solar system. With leaders drawn from the Institute's faculty and more than 200 funded collaborations and joint academic appointments, JPL's history of world-leading innovation has been profoundly shaped by its role as a division of Caltech.

Source: https://www.caltech.edu/research/jpl

Additional Information

THE NORTH DAKOTA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM COLLECTION

NASA initiated the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, also known as Space Grant, in 1989. This national network of colleges and universities works to expand opportunities for Americans to understand and participate in NASA's aeronautics and space projects by supporting and enhancing science and engineering education, research, and public engagement efforts.

The  North Dakota NASA Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC)  was established in February of 1991. The North Dakota NASA Space Grant Consortium fulfills the Space Grant mission by involving North Dakota faculty, students, and K‐12 teachers and students in multi‐institutional, collaborative, NASA‐relevant research and education projects, while also educating the North Dakota citizenry about NASA, its purpose, and its missions.

The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium has a collection of printed posters, photos, and art available to the public. Pieces can be collected at the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium office (Clifford Hall, Room 270) on the UND campus.

Image text:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Discovered by TESS
Beware the terrible tantrum of an angry young star
AU Mic presents Flares of Fury
Located less than 32 light-years from Earth, AU Microscopii is among the youngest planetary systems ever observed by astronomers, and its star throws vicious temper tantrums! You've heard of the "terrible twos"? Well, AU Mic is in the midst of its terrible 22... millions! This devilish young system holds planet AU Mic b captive inside a looming disk of ghostly dust and ceaselessly torments them with deadly blasts of x-rays and other radiation, thwarting any chance of life... as we know it! Beware! There is no escaping the stellar fury of this system! The monstrous flares of AU Mic will have you begging for eternal darkness!
Guest starring the Spitzer Space Telescope
www.nasa.gov
Galaxy of Horrors
exoplanets.nasa.gov
Planet type: Gas giant
Based on real science
Discovered in 2019
Detected using transit

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Excellent

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