The early dynamical evolution of the solar system up until ~3.8 billion years ago is a period of intense bombardment of the inner planets. Recent advancements in early solar system […]
Dear Colleagues, We invite everyone with interest in geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics to submit abstracts for #AGU21 to the following session: Session P003. Atmospheric Dynamics and Astro/geo-physical Modeling Studies […]
#AGU21 — Session P008. Enceladus: Beacon of Ocean Worlds Saturn’s moon Enceladus continues to captivate. Its diversity of ocean world processes offers a bounty of phenomena for fundamental science, including […]
The InSight lander on Mars has detected hundreds of marsquakes, including a few large quakes with strong detections of both P (pressure) and S (shear) waves. Shear waves vibrate perpendicular to their […]
Origami, the Japanese tradition of paper folding, is not limited to creating beautiful designs as pure art. While styles of origami can be incredibly diverse, origami is rooted in mathematical […]
Dear Colleagues, We invite abstracts to be submitted to the following session at this year’s AGU Fall Meeting (December 13–17, 2021): P037 — The New Mars Underground: Astrobiology and Space Resources […]
The Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023–2032 is now accepting white papers. White papers can either be topical and focus on a single research area, […]
Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to the following session at this year’s AGU Fall Meeting (December 13–17, 2021): DI004. Diving Deep: Investigations of Planetary Interiors through […]
Two postdoctoral scientist positions are available in the planetary radar group at the Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico. The research emphasis of the group is the study and characterization of near-Earth […]
The Planetary Exploration Group at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory plans to hire a postdoctoral researcher in the field of lunar science. A job description and application instructions […]
Dear Planetary Science Colleagues, We invite you to submit abstracts on concepts for missions and instruments for planetary exploration — all solar system targets and exploration architectures welcome — for #AGU21: AGU […]
The metallic iron-nickel cores of the terrestrial planets decrease in size relative to the sizes of the planets, with increasing distance from the Sun. Mercury, the planet closest to the […]
The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has taken measurements to characterize the geological, geochemical, and aqueous history of Mars since landing in Gale Crater in 2012. Using its onboard instruments, […]
TO: Research & Analysis Proposal Reviewers for NASA’s Planetary Science Division FROM: Lori S. Glaze, Ph.D., Director Planetary Science Division DATE: July 8, 2021 I am writing to express my […]
A newly founded junior research group at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin will investigate methods from the field of machine learning for the analysis of spectroscopic in situ […]
Water and organics may have been delivered to the inner solar system by volatile-rich asteroids that migrated in from the outer solar system. The Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx spacecraft were recently […]
The presence of methane (CH4) in the martian atmosphere is of great interest because methane is a potential biosignature. Over the last two decades, trace amounts of methane on Mars […]
PROGRAM OVERVIEW The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program sponsored by the Heising-Simons Foundation provides an opportunity for promising recent doctoral scientists to conduct novel theoretical, experimental, or observational research in […]
Interested in planetary science and education? Have a cool teaching example you’d like to highlight? Please consider submitting an abstract to T118. Planetary Science Education: Strategies, Examples, and Best Practices […]
To the Mars Community: The final meeting recording and presentations from MEPAG Virtual Meeting #12 are now available on the meeting website. Thanks to all who participated. Agenda topics included […]