Brian Jackson | Professor of Physics at Boise State University

First Friday Astronomy – Fall 2025

Posted by admin on August 1, 2025

Posted in: First Friday Astronomy, Public Outreach.

Namib Sand Sea

Posted by admin on October 23, 2025

Posted in: Research. Tagged: dragonfly mission, namibia.

Binary Stars

Posted by admin on September 30, 2025

Posted in: Teaching.

Visual binaries – https://cosmosatyourdoorstep.com/2018/05/10/visual-binary-stars/

Astrometric binaries – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE_uPcRV5hE

Eclipsing Binary Star Simulator – https://astro.unl.edu/naap/ebs/animations/ebs.html

PHYS305 – Ch. 3 HW, Prob. 12

Posted by admin on September 22, 2025

Posted in: Teaching.

PHYS111 Examples

Posted by admin on September 16, 2025

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VIP Meeting – 2025 Sep 18

Posted by admin on September 16, 2025

Posted in: Research, Teaching.

Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars – https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09413-0

Exoplanet Transits and Occultations – https://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.2010

Dust devils on Earth and Mars – https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2005RG000188

PLANETSCI 9603: Introduction to Planetary Sciences – Exoplanets

Posted by admin on August 24, 2025

Posted in: Teaching. Tagged: astronomy, close-in exoplanets, exoplanets.

IDAstro Show-and-Tell – 2025 Aug 22

Posted by admin on August 22, 2025

Posted in: Research. Tagged: Ingenuity, Mars.

The Endless Frontier: History and Impact of US Support of Science

Posted by admin on July 1, 2025

Posted in: Brian's Presentations, First Friday Astronomy, Public Outreach. Tagged: history of science.

University of Tokyo – 2025 Jun 10

Posted by admin on June 8, 2025

Posted in: Brian's Presentations, Research. Tagged: dust devils, exoplanet transit, exoplanets, Mars.