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The projects will help scientists better understand the nature of lunar dust so that its potentially damaging effects to equipment and spacecraft during lunar landings can be minimized.

The award, named after the British science fiction writer and futurist, is one of the most prestigious space-exploration awards in the world.

$1.5 million grant to help launch new programs, including guaranteed telescope time for selected participants.

The third annual awards recognize researchers  for being academic leaders making an impact on the world through their studies and scholarship.

The platform is expected to make robust information about planets, pulsars, asteroids and comets more easily accessible to scientists working at Arecibo and around the world.

Scheduled for launch in 2021, the telescope is anticipated to be as important to scientific discovery as the Hubble Telescope has been in the past decade.

Our understanding of comets is linked to knowing our solar system’s early composition.

As an image analyst, physics major Jennifer Nolau gets a hands-on space-research opportunity and contributes to the space mission.