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How the James Webb Space Telescope will change the way we look at the cosmos

Posted by jzj7 on July 18, 2022

The “Cosmic Cliffs” of the Carina Nebula. Photo: NASA

Listen to Dr. Cristina Thomas, assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, discuss the ways in which the James Webb Space Telescope will alter our perception of the cosmos forever! As a major contributor to the JWST mission, Dr. Thomas brings… Read more

Filed Under: Department of Astronomy & Planetary Science, News

What Mars can tell us about Earth

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Martian meteorite

What do Mars and Iceland have in common? These days, not so much. But more than 4.5 billion years ago, it’s possible the Red Planet had a crust comparable to Iceland today. Valerie Payré, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, is a part of a research team that studied a martian meteorite that… Read more

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Earthquake seismologist launches international study of oceanic plate

Posted by jzj7 on July 12, 2022

Congrats to professor James Gaherty and associate professor Ryan Porter of Northern Arizona University’s School of Earth and Sustainability who were recently awarded $473,000 by the National Science Foundation for a study of the Cocos oceanic plate beneath Central America. NAU is collaborating on a large project led by Samer Naif of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Gaherty and Porter will lead… Read more

Filed Under: NAU research, News, School of Earth & Sustainability, Uncategorized

Rodeo-Chediski Fire scarred Arizona forests. How have they changed in the past 20 years?

Posted by jzj7 on June 21, 2022

A ponderosa pine seedling
A ponderosa pine seedling sprouts in the Rodeo-Chediski Fire scar. (photo by Mark Henle/The Republic)

Peter Fulé, regents’ professor in the School of Forestry, Alicia Azpeleta-Tarancón, researcher and lecturer in the School of Forestry, and Andrew Sánchez Meador, director of NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute spoke to AZ Central on the 20th anniversary… Read more

Filed Under: Ecological Restoration Institute, NAU research, School of Forestry

NAU team studies how spring water affects ecosystems

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Dr. Abe Springer (Photo by Troy Hill/Cronkite News)
Dr. Abe Springer (Photo by Troy Hill/Cronkite News)

Springs are immensely important to Arizona’s ecosystems and its people, and springs can tell us a lot about both, according to Abe Springer, whose Northern Arizona University research team studies spring water and groundwater and their effects on the environment.

For the past 10 years, the… Read more

Filed Under: NAU research, News, School of Earth & Sustainability

Pathways to the skies: NAU and CCC launch partnership to increase URM participation in astronomy, planetary science and other STEM fields

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We are excited to share with you the news that professor David Trilling, chair of Northern Arizona University’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to launch a new partnership with Coconino Community College (CCC). The initiative will create a pathway for recruiting 20 CCC2NAU students into paid internships working… Read more

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