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

Posted by Heather Tate on June 6, 2022

Christopher Edwards and student in MARS Rover lab

National Science Foundation grant will support internships for 20 undergraduates

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… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Science Teaching and Learning, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Forestry, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, STEM

NAU scientist joins extended OSIRIS-REx mission to visit another asteroid

Posted by Heather Tate on April 28, 2022

Renamed OSIRIS-APEX, the extended mission will study Apophis, which will have a close encounter with Earth in 2029

Rendering of the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft
Artist’s rendering of the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft firing thrusters near the surface of the asteroid Apophis. Credit: Heather Roper, NASA graphic designer

Because of their potential to deepen our understanding of the solar system… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

Searching for ‘ground truth’: Planetary geologist to lead next phase of Mars Science Lab Curiosity Rover project

Posted by Heather Tate on March 21, 2022

Scientists will compare thermophysical properties from rover to orbital data and analog measurements gathered on Earth to understand rock record

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover explores the Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover explores the Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Launched in 2011, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

Planetary astronomer Cristina Thomas named 2022 Emerging Scholar for trailblazing research and mentorship

Posted by Heather Tate on January 20, 2022

One of only 15 scientists honored by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine

Cristina Thomas sitting with students Assistant professor Cristina Thomas of Northern Arizona University has been named an Emerging Scholar by the leading education magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in its Jan. 20, 2022 issue. The publication annually recognizes an interdisciplinary group… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

NAU scientists and students will utilize newly launched James Webb Space Telescope for solar system research

Posted by Heather Tate on January 3, 2022

Mission will “fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe”

James Webb Space Telescope
The flight mirrors for the James Webb Space Telescope undergo cryogenic testing at NASA Marshall. Credit: Ball Aerospace

In one of the most exciting developments in astronomy in the 21st century, NASA recently launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)—and Northern Arizona University astronomers, planetary astronomers and their students will be using the massive… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

Lucy in the sky with asteroids: Planetary astronomers on team supporting first-ever NASA mission to outer solar system bodies

Posted by Heather Tate on December 9, 2021

Probe to study surface geology, composition; look for rings and satellites

Josh emery sitting in front of a computer. On October 16, 2021, NASA launched the Lucy probe, starting its 12-year journey to the Trojan asteroids near the planet Jupiter in the outer solar system.

Expected to begin reaching its targets in 2027, the probe will fly by more asteroids than any other spacecraft in history, including one in the “main belt”… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

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