Anna Baker has been on a path toward a career in research since she presented her first research poster at the national Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in the ninth grade.
Read the full story by Heidi Toth at The NAU Review.
NAU Astronomy & Planetary Science In the News
Mary Lara Honored with a Viola Award for Excellence in Education
Mary Lara has taught and served the Flagstaff Community for over 40 years. Starting as a professional educator in Kindergarten, Mary has taught all levels of elementary education with an unbound passion in getting children to reach their full potential while encouraging discovery and a love of learning. During Mary’s over four decades as a professional educator, she was instrumental in getting the first and only… Read more
New data from DART mission show a 33-minute change in asteroid orbit after impact
A new study released today found that NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) knocked the asteroid Dimorphos off its orbit, changing it by 33 minutes.
This announcement, along with three others based on research from the groundbreaking Sept. 26 mission, is published in Nature. Cristina Thomas, an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science at Northern Arizona University and lead of the DART Observations Working Group, is the study’s lead author.
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NAU boot camp aims to improve diversity in astronomy and computer science
Melissa Sevigny’s KNAU story about our astroinformatics boot camp run by David Trilling, affiliate faculty Mike Gowanlock, and MS student Daniel Kramer.
Cristina Thomas broke the speed limit with JWST.
From the James Webb Space Telescope Blog: Breaking the Tracking Speed Limit With Webb
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On February 6 — International Day of Women and Girls in Science — The NAU Review published an article about NAU women in science; featuring from our department Lisa Chien, Paloma Davidson, Cristina Thomas, and Jasmine Garani. Congratulations to all of them!
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