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NAU planetary scientist helps develop device for UAE Mars probe

Posted by on July 29, 2020

 

Mars Rover Lab

In this 2017 file photo, Christopher Edwards, Northern Arizona University planetary scientist, wears a Microsoft HoloLens “mixed reality headset” that allows the user to virtually tour the surface of Mars.

Photo: Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun file

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Biosignatures in rock: NAU doctoral student researching life on Mars using Antarctic data

Posted by on July 21, 2020

Schuyler Borges in Antarctica
NAU doctoral student Schuyler Borges stands in front of Canada Glacier. Borges is using data gathered from Antarctic rock structures to determine if similar structures on Mars could contain life.

Photo: Schuyler Borges

Click on this link for the full article: Biosignatures in rock: NAU doctoral student researching life on Mars using Antarctic data

 

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NAU planetary scientist collaborates on inaugural Mars mission launched by Arab world

Posted by on July 15, 2020

Artists rendering of the HOPE spacecraft.

A veteran of multiple NASA missions to Mars, Northern Arizona University planetary scientist Christopher Edwards will closely watch the launch of a space probe to Mars that carries a unique new instrument he co-designed in collaboration with engineers from the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and Arizona State University.

The first mission ever launched by the Arab world into our solar system, the Emirates Mars Mission Hope orbiter… Read more

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NAU planetary scientist captures new images of Martian moon Phobos to help determine its origins

Posted by on June 3, 2020

Image of Mars moon
Images capture the Mars moon Phobos during different phases—waxing, waning and full—including the three images recently processed by Edwards (credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/NAU)

Christopher Edwards, assistant professor in NAU’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, just processed new images of the Martian moon Phobos that give scientists insight into the physical… Read more

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With prestigious NSF fellowship, NAU grad student tackling the question of life on Mars by way of Antarctica

Posted by on June 1, 2020

Schuyler Borges does research on hot spring structures on Antarctica.

Editor’s note: Four NAU students were selected for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. NAU News will profile them over the coming weeks.

Meltwater springs in Antarctica may contain the best Earth-bound answers for life on Mars. As to what that answer is—well, Schuyler Borges is looking for it.

Borges, a doctoral student in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science at Northern… Read more

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NAU PhD Student & Lowell Observatory research associate awarded Amelia Earhart Scholarship

Posted by on May 6, 2020

Congratulations to Annika Gustafsson!

Lowell Observatory research associate awarded Amelia Earhart Scholarship ( azdailysun.com )

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