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What else have the members of the Department of Astronomy & Planetary Science been doing?<\/h2>\n
Our faculty, staff, and students are making a difference on campus and around the world. Read about some of our achievements, activities, and successes.<\/p>\n
Thanks to David Trilling for keeping track of all these accomplishments!<\/p>\n

January 2025<\/h3>\n\n
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PhD student Shae Raposa has a new paper out Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Deriving the N2–CO Binary Phase Diagram Using Experimental Techniques and Thermodynamics<\/a><\/p>\n
with many NAU co-authors: Cece Thieberger<\/strong> (PhD student), Anna Engle<\/strong> (recent PhD graduate), Steve Tegler<\/strong> (APS faculty), Gerrick Lindberg<\/strong> (Chemistry faculty), and Will Grundy<\/strong> and Jennifer Hanley<\/strong> (both Lowell faculty and adjunct NAU faculty).
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Undergraduate students Cassie Beaumont and Noah Fernandez both gave oral presentations at the January meeting of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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This is the largest meeting of professional astronomers held each year. Congratulations and well done!
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The NAU athletic department this year has rolled out an alternate nickname: the Astrojacks! Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Also, alternate uniforms, swag, mascots, etc.<\/p>\n
Instructional lab manager and all-around amazing resource and problem solver Matt Lydy<\/strong> has helped promote this new identity in a bunch of ways. The photo below featuring some of our telescopes (and Taylor Feldman, for context and scale). Thanks for supporting the university this way, Matt!<\/p>\n
$\"NAU$ NAU AstroJacks member, Taylor Feldman, models alternate uniform win front of DAPS portable telescopes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Postdoc Ben McKeeby has a new paper out Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Quantifying lava surface heterogeneity on Mars using THEMIS brightness temperature data<\/a>
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Contact the Department of Astronomy & Planetary Science<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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