Press Releases

Official press releases from New Mexico Institute of Technology press office

2013

April 12, 2013, New Mexico Tech – Regents Hear About 2013 Legislative Successes
February 25, 2013, New Mexico Tech – Regents Hear Update on Legislative Session
January 15, 2013, New Mexico Tech - MRO Helps Trim Odds of Asteroid Impact

2012

August 10, 2012, New Mexico Tech - Photo Contest Caters To Astronomy Buffs
April 26, 2012, New Mexico Tech - New Instrument Will Join Study of Exoplanets

2011

September 27, 2011, New Mexico Tech - Tech Awarded Third Multi-Million Dollar Education Grant
August 10, 2011, New Mexico Tech - Tech Benefits From Stock Market Tumble
March 21, 2011, New Mexico Tech – Astronomy Workshop Features Global Experts in Interferometery, New Mexico Tech
February 15, 2011, New Mexico Tech - Magdalena Ridge Observatory Helps NASA Track Comet

2010

December 1, 2010, New Mexico Tech – Magdalena Ridge Observatory Astronomers Corner the Market in Near-Earth Objects
February 9, 2010, New Mexico Tech - New Exoplanet Research paper Shines Light On Tech Project

2009

October, 2009 New Mexico Tech - Magdalena Ridge Observatory Records Lunar Impacts for NASA
September 24, 2009 New Mexico Tech - Magdalena Ridge Observatory Growing Its Customers Base
February 2, 2009 New Mexico Tech - Tech Observatory Wins NASA Contract to Monitor Lunar Impact
January 7, 2009 New Mexico Tech - Tech Students Present Astronomy Research at National Conference

2008

December 10, 2008 New Mexico Tech - New Mexico Tech Contracts with Italian Firm to Design Custom Telescope Domes
November 25, 2008 New Mexico Tech - Newly Christened Asteroid Namde for Former Tech Professor, Inventor
October 8, 2008 New Mexico Tech -Tech’s Magdalena Ridge Observatory Now Open for Business
July 31, 2008 New Mexico Tech - New Mexico Tech Signs Contract with Telescope Manufacturer
July 24, 2008 New Mexico Tech - Tech Observatory Researchers Star at Optics Conference
April 15, 2008 New Mexico Tech - Magdalena Ridge Observatory Receives NASA Grant Funds

2007

The 2.4m telescope recently provided tracking data to help NASA refine the odds of faint asteroid 2007 WD5 hitting Mars on January 30, 2008. From the orbital data collected, a near miss is the most likely outcome. For a chronicle of the story as it developed, check out the following links:

2006

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