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MIfA Undergraduate Student accepted into NASA L'Space Academy
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MIfA Undergraduate Student Izzi Perron was accepted into the highly competitive mentoring program which is designed to develop the future workforce talents in space missions and technologies.
Measurements of the Muon Magnetic Moment strengthen a previously reported tension with theoretical predictions
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School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Priscilla Cushman's article was published in the Physics magazine.
MIfA faculty awarded General Observer (GO) time on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
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Several MIfA faculty members were awarded GO time on JWST for one or more of their research projects.
Comet Catalina suggests comets delivered carbon to rocky planets
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School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Chick Woodward lead a study that gives new insight on the source of carbon on planets like Earth and Mars during the early formation of the solar system.
The Red Hypergiant VY CMa --- Betelgeuse on Steroids
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Professor Emerita Roberta Humphreys of the School of Physics and Astronomy led a study with the Hubble Space Telescope to explain the origin of numerous high mass-loss ejections from a very massive star.
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Show Us More Stars at Higher Resolution
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School of Physics and Astronomy Professor and MIfA director Evan Skillman is playing a role in NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope's Early Release Program.
Zooniverse launches Fat Checker project to investigate lipid droplets within cells
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Lucy Fortson, Zooniverse co-founder, Professor and Associate Head of the of the School of Physics and Astronomy says the project will help scientists make headway in big data problems in biology.
Excess x-rays from neutron stars could lead to discovery of new particle
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A team of scientists has found that mysterious x-rays detected from nearby neutron stars may be the first evidence of axions, hypothetical particles that many physicists believe make up dark matter.
Remembering Cecil “Jake” Waddington, 1929-2020
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Emeritus Professor Jake Waddington of the School of Physics and Astronomy passed away on October 1, 2020. He was 91 years old.
AGU Honors Pepin’s Distinguished Career in Planetary Science
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Professor Emeritus Robert Pepin of the School of Physics and Astronomy will receive the 2020 Fred Whipple Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).