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University of New Mexico (UNM) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Dr. Tobias Fischer and Syracuse University research fellow (now University of Auckland Lecturer), Dr. James Muirhead led an international team of interdisciplinary researchers to...

Lobo alumni and community members are invited an evening of intriguing science, fascination and fun with UNM faculty, who will lecture about the exploration of Mars. The UNM Alumni Association in partnership with UNM Earth & Planetary Sciences, The...

NWA 7034, nicknamed "Black Beauty," could shed light on the Red Planet's past. , Photo credit Carl Agee.While the Mars' Rovers continue to scour the surface of the Red Planet snapping pictures, zapping rocks and looking at any other clues about its ...

An international team of researchers, including University of New Mexico's Peter Fawcett, has drawn a strong relationship between warmer temperatures and megadroughts during the mid-Pleistocene interglacials and the possible cause.Fawcett, an associate ...

Recently, there's been a fair amount of interest and excitement about whether or not there is actually water on the moon. And it's true, water has been detected on the moon's surface through remote sensing. However, researchers at the University of New ...