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NASA awards scientist $848,013 grant for ongoing study of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)

Posted by Eliza Romero on July 18, 2022

Researcher Cristina Thomas at desk working on desktop computer

Characterizing and understanding PHAs critical for planetary defense planning

Asteroid impacts are the only potentially preventable natural disaster on Earth—assuming a threatening asteroid is detected with enough lead time to launch a mission into space to deflect it.

Through its Planetary Defense Coordination Office, NASA sponsors projects to… Read more

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

What a martian meteorite can teach us about Earth’s origins

Posted by Eliza Romero on July 12, 2022

Illustrated diagram of meteorite and mars

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. This discovery, hidden in the oldest martian fragments found on Earth, could provide information about our planet that was lost… Read more

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

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

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

DART launch could be key step forward in planetary defense

Posted by Heather Tate on November 23, 2021

Dart Double Asteroid Redirection Test

NASA’s latest launch into outer space is going to make an impact. In fact, that’s its entire mission. 

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), which is scheduled to launch at 10:20 p.m. PST on Nov. 23 out of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, is NASA’s first planetary defense… Read more

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

NASA recognizes NAU planetary scientist with prestigious Early Career Award

Posted by Heather Tate on May 25, 2021

Funding will support new field-portable lab, help train next-generation analog scientists to ensure NAU becomes a leader in planetary analog science

Alicia Rutledge at a glacierNASA has selected Northern Arizona University assistant research professor Alicia Rutledge as one of only five early-career scientists in the country to receive funding through its… Read more

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

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