Christopher Edwards shared a press release from JPL about recent findings of widespread CO2 frost on Mars and its role in regolith generation.
Read the JPL Press release here!
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Are we alone? The search for life across solar systems.
“Are we alone?” asked Amber Young, a third-year graduate student in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at NAU.
“I’m heavily engaged in the search for life elsewhere. The age-old question of ‘are we alone?’ is a compelling one, and I’ve made a commitment to contribute as much as I can to answering it.”
Young is the recipient of a prestigious training grant from NASA to help her… Read more
Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object Is Indeed Farfarout
Chad Trujillo’s recent discovery of the most distant object in the Solar System continues to get attention.
Here is an article from the Gemini Observatory Newsletter: Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object Is Indeed Farfarout
and from the NOIRLab Newsletter: Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object Is Indeed Farfarout
and KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny interviews Dr. Trujillo: NAU Astronomer Describes Discovery Of Distant Space… Read more