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Please welcome James McAteer, our new faculty member in solar astrophysics. James and his family hail from Belfast, Ireland, and look forward to observing the Sun every day of the year in sunny Las Cruces.
NMSU astronomer Reta Beebe was recently recognized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a medal for Exceptional Public Service, for her exceptional contributions to the NASA mission. Congratulations, Reta!
High-resolution images of the lunar surface taken recently at the New Mexico State University Apache Point Observatory uncovered the location of a robotic rover (the 1970 Russian Luna 17), miles away from its presumed location, and rather lost. For more information ...
Congratulations to graduate students Tanya Tavenner, winner of the 2009 Pegasus Award for excellence in teaching, and to Jeff Coughlin, who was recently awarded the 2009 Zia Award for excellence in research. They will join Jillian Bornak (2009 Rappaport Award winner for outstanding public service) and Chas Miller (2009 Murrell Award winner for outstanding research and professional development).
Congratulations to our senior graduate student Jim Norwood, who successfully defended his PhD thesis research on The Vertical Structure of the Uranian Atmosphere Near Equinox as Modeled with Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Observations in May of 2010! Jim has accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. He will be working with Dr. Mark Hofstadter on the analysis of radio observations of Uranus, which are sensitive to the deep cloud layers in Uranus' atmosphere. We wish him all the best on his next adventure!
Please join us at the campus observatory at 9:00pm on Friday, September 17, for a guided tour of the skies above. Professor Jason Jackiewicz will present a short astronomical slide show. Children are particularly welcome!