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The CubeSat "PEARL," jointly developed by National Central University and Hon Hai (Foxconn) Technology Group, was successfully launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9. It will conduct a year-long broadband communications experiment and space exploration, marking a new milestone for Taiwan's space technology!

Professor Liu Jann-Yenq and his team from the Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering at National Central University have achieved a breakthrough in understanding the physical mechanisms of pre-earthquake phenomena by utilizing Formosa Satellite 5 (Formosat-5) and the advanced ionospheric probe (AIP), nicknamed the "Space Rubik's Cube." They successfully observed precursors associated with the 12 November 2017 M7.3 Iran and Iraq earthquake—both temporal and spatial anomalies in the ionosphere, and space weather—global signatures of ionospheric storms. This success unravels the mysteries behind the ionospheric precursors of earthquakes as well as the electric field. Their findings have been published in the latest issue of Surveys in Geophysics.

Newly established by National Central University this year and supported by the Ministry of Education and the National Academy of Marine Research, the " Taiwan Polar Institute " at NCU marks a significant milestone. Led by Dean Hsu Shu-Kun of the College of Earth Sciences, the center actively seeks international collaborations. Its research team has ventured into Ny-Ålesund, one of the world's northernmost research bases, igniting sparks of international academic exchange. The center aims to integrate Taiwan's polar research into the global community and bolster Taiwan's influence in polar science.