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* NMSU astronomy student wins competitive NASA grant

* NMSU student’s cardboard creation detects rotation of galaxy

* NMSU astronomy student’s research on coronal holes improves space weather forecasting

* NMSU astronomy student links brightening regions on the sun to early warnings for solar * flares

* NMSU solar research cohort at world’s largest Earth and space science conference

2025 news-

* NMSU professor’s research targets missing objects in the outer solar system

* NMSU professor looks to faraway star to study planet formation

* NMSU solar research team sparks collaboration with Indian research institute

* APO, NMSU researchers detect new laser reflector on moon with amazing precision

* NMSU, Northwestern University astronomers discover new planet in old data

* NMSU student combines animation and astronomy to study volcanoes

* NMSU professor develops new method to predict occurrences of disruptive solar flares

*NMSU research group brings science and community together during solar eclipses

2024 news-

*NMSU astronomy research uses slime mold to model galaxies

*NMSU planet formation research group receives second NASA Emerging Worlds grant

2023 news-

*NMSU astronomers receive NASA Silver Team Award for advances in Planetary Data System

2022 news-

*NMSU team to use hot-air balloons to study solar effects amid eclipses

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