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Student helps find landslides on Mars

A UA student, over the course of his undergraduate career, has helped discover the cause of landslides on the surface of Mars.
Kaylan Burleigh, a senior studying physics and astronomy, began Mars research using data from the HiRISE telescope aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft that reached Mars in March 2006.
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Meteorite Shockwaves Trigger Dust Avalanches on Mars

Dust avalanches around impact craters on Mars appear to be the result of the shock wave preceding the actual impact, according to a study led by an undergraduate student at the UA.
When a meteorite careens toward the dusty surface of the Red Planet, it kicks up dust and can cause avalanching even before the rock from outer space hits the ground, a research team led by an undergraduate student at the University of Arizona has discovered.
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