Call for Abstracts: AbSciCon (https://connect.agu.org/abscicon/home) June 24-28 2019 in Bellevue, Washington, USA Session Title: “Computing the rise of life: On and beyond Earth” (ID 65503: https://agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon19/prelim.cgi/Session/65503) Among the recommendations in […]
The Department of Planetology and Habitability at the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) invites applications for three postdoctoral positions to support investigations on the nature of the early Mars environments. We […]
While earlier geologic and geophysical research suggested an impact crater may lie buried some 200 kilometers north of Perth, Western Australia, a new study led by Morgan Cox at Curtin […]
Kepler-107, a star over 1,700 light years from Earth, was found in 2014 to have at least four planets orbiting it. One of those planets, Kepler-107c, has an average density […]
Because the planet Mercury is so close to the Sun and feels the Sun’s strong gravity, Mercury’s orbit has provided important tests of Einstein’s theory of gravity and general relativity. […]
Earth’s ability to sustain life depends strongly on volatile elements like carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, and nitrogen that make up a large proportion of our atmosphere, allowing us to breathe and […]
At the end of the annual Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) meeting in November, the VEXAG Chair transitioned to Darby Dyar, Mount Holyoke College. Noam Izenberg, APL , became the […]
To celebrate the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s (LPI’s) 50th anniversary, we asked staff what the LPI means to them and to share their thoughts on the last 50 years of […]
We invite you to submit abstracts to Session 67232 at AbSciCon 2019 titled “Salty Goodness: Understanding life, biosignature preservation, and brines in the Solar System”. AbSciCon 2019 abstracts are due […]
To the Mars Community, On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Kelly Perry of the Mars Program Science Office, the February 2019 edition of the […]
Global or planet-encircling dust storms are one of the most fascinating features of the Martian atmosphere and climate. With two rovers on the surface and six spacecraft in orbit, in conjunction […]
Ocean Worlds 4 will be held in Columbia, Maryland on May 21-22, 2019. There we will focus on the ice-water interactions occurring within ocean worlds beyond Earth, from a multi-disciplinary and […]
Presented by the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute: the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Lunar and Planetary Institute Who: Planetary scientists and engineers (including graduate students […]
Planetary geologists studying samples returned during the Apollo missions have identified the first terrestrial meteorite, a piece of Earth ejected by an impact. A team of researchers led by Jeremy […]
In case you missed the lunar eclipse on January 20 (January 21 for those in Europe and beyond), viewers were treated to an unexpected surprise: an impact! A brief flash on […]
Issue 155 of the Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin features the cover story, “Personal Recollections of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.” You’ll find additional news from space, milestones, new products and […]
The CLEVER Planets (http://cleverplanets.org/) research team and the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (EEPS: https://earthscience.rice.edu/) of Rice University is seeking a full-time education and public outreach coordinator. The position […]
The Main Belt: A Gateway to the Formation and Early Evolution of the Solar System Workshop, Sardinia, Italy | June 4-7, 2019 The Main Asteroid Belt is at the boundary […]
March 16-17, 2019 (just prior to LPSC 50) The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center 1601 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, Texas, USA On the basis of the first […]
Impact cratering from asteroids and comets is perhaps the most important process that shapes planet surfaces in the solar system, so it is important to know the rate of impact […]