orthrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter is pictured in the grip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after it was detached from the Unity module. The orbital complex was soaring 260 miles above the island archipelago of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean at the time of this photograph.
March 26, 2026
Georgia Tech Pioneers First Space Sustainability Course in the U.S.
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The class blends policy and engineering, giving students rare access to real-world practitioners.

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Banner graphic with a gold star trophy and the text “Institute Research Award Winners 2026.”
March 25, 2026
Georgia Tech Recognizes Excellence with 2026 Institute Research Awards
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Georgia Tech has named the 2026 Institute Research Award recipients, recognizing faculty, staff, and research teams whose work advances innovation, mentorship, collaboration, and societal impact across the Institute’s research enterprise.

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Group of people at Georgia Tech/Sandia MOU signing
March 12, 2026
Georgia Tech Renews Memorandum of Understanding With Sandia
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The Sandia partnership will expand research impact, talent pipelines, and national security innovation.

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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo craft approaches the International Space Station
February 26, 2026
New Space Startups Take Off at Georgia Tech
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These six faculty- and student-led startups will tackle space innovations with terrestrial applications.

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Five professors named senior members of NAI.
February 26, 2026
Five Georgia Tech Faculty Named to NAI Senior Members Class of 2026
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The professors have been recognized for patenting and commercializing technologies with real-world impact.

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Tech in the Cold
February 20, 2026
The Challenges and Opportunities of Cold Weather and Technology
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In labs chilled to 4 kelvins (-450 degrees!) and on expeditions to polar regions, Georgia Tech scientists are discovering how extreme cold simultaneously challenges and advances technology in computing, space exploration, and more.

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Original illustrations from the 1930 serialized publication of the stories that would eventually be published as The Martian Trilogy following their recovery by School of Literature, Media, and Communication researchers. Hugo Award winning graphic novelist and illustrator John Jennings enhanced the illustrations for the book.
February 11, 2026
Beyond the Pulps: Georgia Tech Faculty and Students Help Redefine the History of Science Fiction
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The recovery of the long-lost The Martian Trilogy expands the historical record by demonstrating that Black speculative fiction flourished in the commercial mainstream long before the 1960s.

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Could the Earth and everything on it – and even the whole universe – be a simulation running on a giant computer? OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images
February 2, 2026
Is the Whole Universe Just a Simulation?
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How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see.

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Two Georgia Tech researchers looking at a biomedical chip.
January 5, 2026
Georgia Tech Climbs to No. 2 University in Federally Sponsored Research Expenditures
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This is the Institute’s best ranking in the National Science Foundation’s annual survey.

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Picture of Earth from Space
December 10, 2025
Georgia Tech’s Space Research Institute Announces Inaugural Seed Grant Awardees
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Georgia Tech’s Space Research Institute has selected 17 teams for its inaugural CPI Seed Grant program, supporting space research efforts across the full spectrum of development.

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Satellite with large blue solar panels orbiting above Earth, showing cloud formations and the planet's curvature against a dark space background
December 9, 2025
From Galaxy to Ground: How Space Research Shapes Everyday Life
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Satellites power everything from weather forecasts to global communications, and researchers at Georgia Tech’s Space Research Institute are advancing both the technology and international policies that keep them operating safely.

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2025 Gordon Bell Prize Rocket Simulation
December 1, 2025
Record-Breaking Simulation Boosts Rocket Science and Supercomputing to New Limits
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Inspired by SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster, a team led by Georgia Tech’s Spencer Bryngelson and New York University’s Florian Schäfer modeled the turbulent interactions of a 33-engine rocket. Their experiment set new records, running the largest ever fluid

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