<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023-05-former-natsci-phd-student-earns-nasa-fellowship.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><unit>College of Natural Science,Physics &amp; Astronomy</unit><pubDate>05/01/2023</pubDate><title>Former NatSci Ph.D. student earns prestigious NASA Fellowship</title><description><p>How does the universe work? How did we get here? Are we alone? Fellows at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are working hard to answer these big questions. Each year, an elite group of postdoctoral researchers become part of NASA’s Hubble Fellowship Program. Kristen Dage, who received her Ph.D. at Michigan State University in astrophysics in July 2020, was selected to join the 2023 cohort. This is the first time an MSU Ph.Dd student has received this honor.</p></description><author>Mollie Newman</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/2023-05-former-natsci-phd-student-earns-nasa-fellowship.banner.hubble_liller1.jpg" alt="Artist's representation of an X-ray binary. "/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/preview2023-05-former-natsci-phd-student-earns-nasa-fellowship.banner.hubble_liller1.jpg" alt="Artist's representation of an X-ray binary. "/></image><tags><tag>Award</tag><tag>Fellow</tag><tag>NASA Hubble Fellowship</tag><tag>astrophysics</tag><tag>postdoctoral researchers</tag></tags></item>