2025

November 18th: ​Professor Allison Jaynes speaks with CBS2 Iowa about the recent increase in Northern Lights activity and its impact on the Earth's atmosphere. She explains how solar storms create nitric oxides that can deplete local ozone levels and discusses how smartphone cameras are aiding citizen science. https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/why-have-we-seen-an-increase-in-the-northern-lights
November 17th: ​Professor Allison Jaynes, postdoctoral fellow Shannon Hill, and graduate students Jodie McLennan, Andrea Minot, Lily Daneshmand, and Jessica Mondoskin are featured in a Daily Iowan article breaking down the physics behind a recent aurora borealis event. The panel educated guests on how solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetosphere and highlighted the importance of citizen science in tracking space weather. https://dailyiowan.com/2025/11/17/ui-experts-break-down-the-physics-behind-recent-aurora-borealis-event/
November 12th: Professor Allison Jaynes offers tips to Radio Iowa listeners hoping to catch a repeat performance of the Northern Lights. She explains the best viewing angles for lower latitudes and suggests using a smartphone's night mode for long-exposure photography. https://www.radioiowa.com/2025/11/12/iowans-who-missed-the-northern-lights-last-night-may-get-lucky-tonight/​
October 10th: Professor Allison Jaynes authored an overview paper highlighted in AIP Scilights that connects wave-particle interactions across the solar system. The research explores how plasma processes link space weather with terrestrial climate and create phenomena like the Van Allen belts and Jupiter's auroras. https://www.aip.org/scilights/understanding-the-plasma-processes-connecting-the-solar-system
March 18th: Professor Allison Jaynes shares her excitement with Radio Iowa regarding the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. The interview covers the logistical challenges of tracking these small bodies and explores theories on how collisions may have created this debris field. https://www.radioiowa.com/2025/03/18/ui-space-scientist-thrilled-at-discovery-of-dozens-of-new-moons-orbiting-saturn/
March 11th: ​Professor Jaynes and several UI space physics colleagues are featured in an Iowa Magazine piece detailing the upcoming NASA TRACERS mission. The article honors the late principal investigator Craig Kletzing and highlights Jaynes's role in guiding the student-led OCHRE sounding rocket project. https://magazine.foriowa.org/story.php?ed=true&storyid=2513
February 28th: ​Professor Allison Jaynes provides tips to the Press-Citizen for Iowa residents hoping to view the rare "planet parade." The article breaks down exactly where and when to look to see the planets align in the night sky. https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2025/02/26/how-to-see-the-planet-parade-iowa-viewing-tips/80256580007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z11xx30e004400v11xx30d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=168&gca-ds=sophi
February 26th: ​Professor Allison Jaynes speaks with Iowa Public Radio to provide a viewing guide for the upcoming "planet parade" visible in the night sky. She offers tips for local sky watchers trying to catch the rare celestial alignment, explaining how the planets orbit on the ecliptic plane. https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-02-26/how-to-see-the-planet-parade-in-the-night-sky
January 22nd: ​Professor Allison Jaynes is featured in an Associated Press article regarding the discovery of "chirping" chorus waves far from Earth. She comments on the exciting new physics questions raised by detecting these plasma waves in an unexpected region of deep space. https://apnews.com/article/chirping-chorus-waves-earth-magnetic-field-8f4846687863cdc9d88f3d7f2d6744e3
January 22nd: ​Scientific American features Professor Allison Jaynes in a piece exploring space physics research into "chorus waves" whistling in Earth's magnetic field. She provides expert context on the history of chorus waves and why monitoring these high-energy particles is crucial for ensuring the safety of crewed spaceflight. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-sings-with-mysterious-chorus-waves-and-deep-space-does-too/
​January 9th: ​Professor Allison Jaynes is interviewed by Radio Iowa about the planetary alignment visible in the winter sky. She provides a quick guide to viewing the "Parade of Planets" and debunks online misinformation regarding how the celestial event would appear. https://www.radioiowa.com/2025/01/09/this-month-the-planets-really-will-align-over-iowa-sort-of/
January 4th: The research group's OCHRE rocket mission is highlighted in a UI Alumni YouTube video titled "Hawkeyes in Flight." The segment showcases how undergraduate and graduate students in the department gain hands-on experience building NASA-supported space hardware. ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTAyv0XTMFU&t=354s
N/A: Professor Jaynes and undergraduate researcher Arissa Khan are featured in a University of Iowa OneIT story about the 2024 Edge of Space Academy. The article highlights their work uniting students from across the country to design high-altitude balloon instrumentation and measure cosmic rays. ​https://oneit.uiowa.edu/uniting-bright-minds-and-innovative-technologies

2024

December 8th: ​The Daily Iowan highlights UI researchers David Miles, Jasper Halekas, George Hospodarsky, and Allison Jaynes as they complete the TRACERS project for NASA. The article outlines how the twin satellites—along with a student-led sounding rocket mission—will launch in 2025 to study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetic field. https://dailyiowan.com/2024/12/08/ui-researchers-complete-tracers-project-for-nasa/
October 11th: Professor Allison Jaynes speaks with Radio Iowa as sky watchers hope for a repeat performance of the Northern Lights over the state. She helps explain the intense solar activity responsible for bringing the aurora borealis so far south. ​https://www.radioiowa.com/2024/10/11/iowa-sky-watchers-are-hoping-for-a-repeat-show-from-the-northern-lights/
September 10: Professor Jaynes is highlighted in a piece from The Economist regarding research on how particles that damage satellites can be flushed out of orbit. The article details how very long radio waves could be utilized to protect space infrastructure from radiation belt hazards. ​https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/09/10/particles-that-damage-satellites-can-be-flushed-out-of-orbit
August 27: Professor Allison Jaynes is featured in an Iowa Magazine article about the Voyager 1 mission. The piece highlights her work decoding stranded data from the plasma wave instrument and discusses the university's legendary legacy in space exploration. ​https://magazine.foriowa.org/story.php?ed=true&storyid=2456

2023

December 7th: APS News covers Professor Allison Jaynes's work launching sounding rockets like the LAMP mission to study the Northern Lights. The article highlights her recent Katherine E. Weimer Award in plasma physics and her efforts to understand how auroras transfer energy to Earth's atmosphere. https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2023/12/rockets-northern-lights
April 7th: Professor Jaynes comments on the Artemis II crew selected to visit the Moon. 
​https://www.radioiowa.com/2023/04/07/u-i-professor-calls-moon-mission-crew-historic/
January 26th: UI Stories features a piece about aspiring researchers flocking to the University of Iowa's Edge of Space Academy, led by faculty members Allison Jaynes, Susan Meerdink, and David Miles. The academy provides hands-on space mission planning and instrumentation experience for undergraduate students from across the country. https://stories.uiowa.edu/aspiring-researchers-come-to-iowa-for-edge-of-space-academy

2022

May 18th: Professor Jaynes is featured in a Cedar Rapids Gazette article about a report she helped author for NASA concerning diversity in mission leadership. A link to the story can be found here: https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/nasa-report-find-vast-diversity-leadership-gap-suggests-solutions/.
March 9th: Iowa News Now does a story about the successful LAMP rocket launch: https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/university-of-iowa-nasa-successfully-launch-rocket-to-study-aurora
February 22nd: The Cedar Rapids Gazette writes an article about the LAMP rocket mission: https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/university-of-iowa-scientists-hope-nasa-rocket-will-answer-aurora-questions-in-alaska/
February 21st: Local Fairbanks, Alaska public radio station, KUAC interviews graduate student Riley Troyer about his involvement with the LAMP rocket mission: fm.kuac.org/2022-02-21/aurora-mission-draws-troyer-home
February 6th: Professor Jaynes is featured in a Daily Iowan piece. A link to the story can be found here: https://dailyiowan.com/2022/02/06/ui-professor-collaborates-with-ucla-nasa-on-radiation-belt-research/.

2021

May 6th: Iowa Now writes a story about Ph.D. candidate Riley Troyer's and Professor Jaynes' recent paper about the discovery of a new auroral phenomenon known as a Diffuse Auroral Eraser. A link to the story can be found here: https://now.uiowa.edu/2021/05/physicists-describe-new-type-aurora.
​May 14th: Professor Jaynes and Ph.D. candidate Riley Troyer are interviewed by Iowa Public Radio's River to River show about their Diffuse Auroral Eraser discovery. A link to the interview can be found here (starts at 30:52): https://www.iowapublicradio.org/show/river-to-river/2021-05-14/iowa-physicists-discovers-a-new-type-of-aurora.
​May: Iowa News Now TV station runs a story about Professor Jaynes' and Ph.D. candidate Riley Troyer's Diffuse Auroral Eraser discovery. A link to the story can be found here: https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/researchers-at-ui-discover-new-type-of-aurora.

2018

January 31st: Professor Jaynes is interviewed by KCRG about Explorer 1 and James Van Allen. You can find that article here.
https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/60-years-later-UI-role-with-first-satellite-launch-still-helping-scientists-today-472034063.html
Professor Jaynes was invited to give a talk in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the launch of Explorer 1 by the National Academy of Sciences. A video of that talk may be found here.
CBS2/Fox28 interviews Professor Jaynes about the deorbiting of the Tiangong 2 satellite
Pulsating aurora are a subject of interest for this research group. You can find an article on pulsating aurora quoting Professor Jaynes here.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/chorus-waves-drive-the-beat-for-pulsating-northern-lights/
You can listen to audio from pulsating aurora in the following video:

2016

At the 8th Annual CO-LABS Governor's Awards for High-Impact Research on October 6, 2016 the winning project in the Earth Systems and Space Sciences category was: LASP Director Dr. Daniel Baker Leads Research on Critical Space Weather Forecasting Missions from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU-Boulder (LASP). Prof. Jaynes was interviewed as a member of this team.
An article on "killer electrons" and their effects on Earth referencing a talk given by Professor Jaynes can be found here.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-killer-electrons-in-space-can-wreak-havoc-on-earth
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