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²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor will be part of rover team to land on Mars

²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Melissa Rice talks about what the day has in store for the Perseverance rover team as it prepares to land on Mars.

Working the Martian Night Shift
Working the Martian Night Shift
These Whatcom scientists are working on NASA’s new Mars rover mission

When viewers on Earth see images from NASA’s Perseverance rover after it  Thursday, Feb. 18, they’ll be looking at the Red Planet partly through the eyes of a Western Washington University…

These Whatcom scientists are working on NASA’s new Mars rover mission

When viewers on Earth see images from NASA’s Perseverance rover after it  Thursday, Feb. 18, they’ll be looking at the Red Planet partly through the eyes of a Western Washington University…

A Wright Brothers moment on Mars will expand our cosmic perspective

Op-ed by Melissa Rice, associate professor of planetary science at Western and a member of NSAS's Curiosity rover and Perseverance rover science teams

A Wright Brothers moment on Mars will expand our cosmic perspective

Op-ed by Melissa Rice, associate professor of planetary science at Western and a member of NSAS's Curiosity rover and Perseverance rover science teams

Astronomers document the rise and fall of a rarely observed stellar dance

The sun is the only star in our system. But many of the points of light in our night sky are not as lonely. By some estimates, more than three-quarters of all stars exist as binaries — with one companion — or in even more complex relationships. Stars in close quarters can have dramatic impacts…

Astronomers document the rise and fall of a rarely observed stellar dance

The sun is the only star in our system. But many of the points of light in our night sky are not as lonely. By some estimates, more than three-quarters of all stars exist as binaries — with one companion — or in even more complex relationships. Stars in close quarters can have dramatic impacts…

Research Recap for Jan. 11
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