The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $296,583.99 grant to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), a public research university. The grant is to study planet formation and evolution in binary star systems, which is essential for understanding observed exoplanet properties. The research will investigate processes such as disk mass transfer, planet formation by disk...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $72,692.28 grant to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to conduct research titled "GLOBAL SIMULATIONS OF DUST-GAS DYNAMICS IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS WITH DUST BACK REACTION." As a public research university and prime contractor, UNLV will leverage its expertise to model dust-gas interactions in protoplanetary disks and account for dust feedback effects. NASA supports scientific research related to the formation of...
This is a $541,460.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), which is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). The grant is for research on planet formation in binary star systems, focusing on understanding the evolution of circumstellar and circumbinary disks, and the implications for planet formation in these systems. The research aims to provide insights into the origin and current state of...
This is a $538,736 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant is for a research project titled "The Interaction Between Young Planets and the Turbulent Protoplanetary Disk Within 1 AU" and has a period of performance ending on August 31, 2026. UNLV, a prominent public research university and Hispanic-Serving...
This is a research grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The $461,194.14 grant will support a project to develop a comprehensive and quantitative theory for the formation, destruction, and acceleration of clumpy gas clouds in the central regions of active galaxies. The research aims to better understand the radiation-hydrodynamics and...
This is a $285,242 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant is for a research project to use thermodynamic modeling to reconstruct the magmatic processes and conditions that formed the diverse range of igneous rock compositions, including felsic and alkaline compositions, discovered on Mars by the Curiosity rover. The goal is...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,295,956.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for research to address limitations of the standard model of accretion disks, such as the inability to account for observed spectral features and outflows. This research effort aims to...
This federal contract award was granted by a civilian government agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The $262,109 grant will fund a research program to investigate the orbital architectures of exoplanetary systems with the goal of improving understanding of planet formation. The research will combine new radial velocity observations and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $299,141.27 grant to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant supports research on how simulated microgravity affects mammary gland development and stem cell function, with a focus on understanding underlying genetic factors and potential cancer risks. This fundamental research aims to address key questions about the physiological...
This federal contract award to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), is a $60,000.00 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The purpose of the grant is to "ATTRACT STUDENTS TO STEM THROUGH UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPARK INTEREST AND PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO NASA'S MISSION AND WORK" and "ENGAGE STUDENTS IN AUTHENTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCES...
This is a $444,187.66 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The goal of this research project is to develop realistic theoretical models of protoplanetary disk dynamics, including magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects, dust growth and feedback, and accurate radiative transfer calculations. The models will be used to generate synthetic images that can be compared to observational data from NASA space missions and ground-based telescopes, in order to understand the physical processes controlling planet formation. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. UNLV is the prime recipient, and there are no major subcontractors mentioned. The work is part of the broader "Predicting Observational Signatures of Planet Formation in Realistic Models of Protoplanetary Disks" program at NASA.