Apr 15 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Apr 18 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Apr 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Apr 22 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Asteroid Exploration Paul Abell, NASA Johnson Flight Center I will present the current status of NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) that is planned for launch in December 2021. Specifically I will discuss how a solar-electric...
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Apr 25 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Apr 29 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Do star formation laws break in the center of the Galaxy? Betsy Mills, University of Arizona I will review our understanding of molecular gas conditions in the central 500 parsecs of the Milky Way, and summarize recent studies that find that the Galactic center deviates...
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May 9 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
May 12 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
May 13 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
May 31 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Aug 26 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Characterization of Biosignatures within Geologic Samples Analyzed using a Suite of in situ Techniques Kyle Uckert, NMSU Abstract: I investigated the biosignature detection capabilities of several in situ techniques to evaluate their potential to...
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Aug 29 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Title: Is Hierarchical Merging Broken? Charles Steinhardt (Caltech, DARK) I will describe two sharp puzzles suggesting a possible mismatch between the current hierarchical merging paradigm and observations of evolving galaxies. Current models predict that the z...
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Sep 2 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Sultan Hassan, Centre for Extragalactic Theory, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Title: From Instantaneous to Late Reionization Abstract: The 21cm emission line is a hyperfine spin-flip transition of neutral hydrogen. Prior to the...
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Sep 9 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Extinction mapping with LEGUS Lauren Kahre The study of star formation and galaxy evolution in nearby galaxies depends on obtaining accurate stellar photometry in those galaxies. However, dust in the galaxies hinders our ability to...
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Sep 9 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The NMSU Department of Astronomy will hold an observatory open house at the NMSU campus observatory at 8 p.m.Friday, Sept. 9. Astronomy personnel on hand will be Chris Churchill and graduate assistants Xander Thelen, Trevor...
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Sep 12 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Sep 19 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Sep 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Utilizing Planetary Oscillations to Constrain the Interior Structure of the Jovian Planets Ethan Dederick Seismology has been the premier tool of study for understanding the interior structure of the Earth, the Sun, and even other stars....
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Sep 23 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Galaxies in the Twilight Zone by Aaron Romanowsky, San Jose State University Abstract: Decades after luminous galaxies were found to be embedded in halos of dark matter (DM), there are still mysteries about the...
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Sep 26 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Oct 10 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Oct 17 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Oct 28 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Star formation in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre Dr. Mark Wardle, Macquarie University The disruptive tidal field near supermassive black holes overcomes the self-gravity of objects that are less...
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Nov 11 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Outer Planets Update Dr. Amy Simon, NASA The Hubble Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program is a yearly program for observing each of the outer planets over two full rotations. Observations began with Uranus in...
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Nov 14 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Nov 18 @ 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Simulations of the interstellar medium at high redshift: What does [CII] trace? Dr. Karen Olsen, Arizona State University We are in an exciting era were simulations on large, cosmological scales meet modeling of the interstellar medium (ISM)...
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Feb 27 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Mar 13 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Apr 2 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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