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Scientists at the University of New Mexico have played a key role in identifying a rare, 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite that provides new evidence that the Red Planet may have once had a wetter, Earth-like environment.  The discovery, titled “A...

As NASA prepares for a new era of lunar exploration, University of New Mexico planetary scientist Charles “Chip” Shearer will explain how future missions hope to complete scientific goals during the Apollo era. Shearer is a member of the Sustainable...

The University of New Mexico hosted Space Day recently to highlight important discoveries, advertise internships, and provide fun experiences - like walking on the planet Mars - for attendees to experience. The event, which was part of UNM’s Research &...

University of New Mexico Professor Carl Agee was elected recently as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fellow, joining a distinguished group of 54 individuals in the 2024 Class of Fellows. AGU, a nonprofit organization that supports 130,000 enthusiasts...

A University of New Mexico research scientist and professor is being recognized nationally for his contributions to planetary geology by the Geological Society of America. Charles 'Chip' Shearer, a Senior Research Scientist for the Institute of...

The University of New Mexico Sustainable Space Research Grand Challenge team aims to develop a center of space science-exploration excellence at UNM by uniting relevant and diverse space expertise. To that end, last month, the team brought industry, lab,...

It was back in 1610 when Galileo Galilei made the first telescopic observation of Mars and ever since, the fascination with the red planet for scientific research has grown astronomically. Over the course of the next century, astronomers have discovered...