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
Renamed OSIRIS-APEX, the extended mission will study Apophis, which will have a close encounter with Earth in 2029
Because of their potential to deepen our understanding of the solar system… Read more
Scientists will compare thermophysical properties from rover to orbital data and analog measurements gathered on Earth to understand rock record
Launched in 2011, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover… Read more
One of only 15 scientists honored by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine
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
Mission will “fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe”
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
Probe to study surface geology, composition; look for rings and satellites
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