THE ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT HOSTS VISITING SCIENTISTS SEARCHING FOR OTHER PLANETS By Isabella LaMagdeleine, Staff Writer Space is the limit for researchers at the Mason observatory in Research Hall. Students and faculty from the astronomy department investigate topics like astrobiology —…
Asher Ackman, Staff Writer Mason holds the record for the largest on-campus telescope, in terms of diameter, in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Normally, the 32-inch diameter telescope is not open to the public without authority of the department of physics and astronomy. However,…
This story was originally published in the Nov. 10 issue of Fourth Estate. A Mason astrobiology and astronomy professor is part of a NASA-funded mission to learn more about Pluto’s atmosphere. Professor Mike Summers is one of the 24 co-investigators…