- David Trilling, professor of astronomy and planetary sciences, is listed as an author on the article “The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth.” He also presented at the Spitzer Legacy conference at Caltech. The conference celebrated the end of the Spitzer mission after 17 years, and Trilling reported on observations of Earth’s asteroids.
- Postdoctoral scholar Jennifer Buz presented at the ASU Desert Attunement Symposium. The symposium explores imperatives the desert gives to those that dwell within it and what it means to develop a lifestyle that is in harmony with our desert surroundings.
- Several faculty and staff of the astronomy and planetary sciences department were involved in events associated with the 90th anniversary of Pluto’s discovery at Lowell Observatory.
- Professor Nadine Barlow, associate professor Mark Loeffler, Buz and Grundy gave a tour of the department and PEAXS, Astrophysical Ice and Mars Rover Operations labs to 55 visitors as part of the VIP Pluto Experience of the I Heart Pluto Festival.
- Barlow gave the NAU welcome at the Pluto’s 90th Anniversary Celebration event at the Cline Library Assembly Hall.
- Professor Steve Tegler spoke about the Ice Lab activities at the Pluto Discovery Day event at the Orpheum Theater.