The Mars 2020/SuperCam team is holding a two-hour informational webinar at 8 am PST on Tuesday, February 25. The webinar is aimed at prospective participating scientists, but is open to […]
How did our solar system form and what are the components that ultimately led to the current chemical makeup of our little piece of cosmic real estate? The lyrics “we […]
Various types of meteorites sampled in our meteorite collection display a distinct dichotomy in their chemical and isotopic compositions, suggesting that there was a divide between the inner (terrestrial) and […]
The Planetary Plasmas subgroup of University College London’s Astrophysics Group/Department of Physics and Astronomy is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to conduct original research related to the area of […]
Grants for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology are funded by an endowment created by contributions from the Mineralogical Society of American (MSA) membership. The grant comprises two awards of […]
Students and Early Career folks, NASA is graciously going to support sending students and early career folks to the Lunar Surface Science (read: Artemis science) Workshop in April. Sarah Noble […]
Microsymposium 61: Planets Underground will take place March 14-15, 2020 (just prior to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference) at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott, 1601 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, […]
Interested participants attending the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) are invited to apply to be one of the official conference microbloggers during LPSC. Selected microbloggers will be expected […]
Mars community, The MEPAG Goals Committee welcomes comments from the community on the newly updated MEPAG Goals Document. The MEPAG Goals document is an important living document that is intended […]
The Universities Space Research Association’s Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is seeking a senior postdoctoral scholar for its Urey Fellowship and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Radar Studies. Interested applicants should apply […]
Lava flows on the surface of Venus are suggested to be only a few years old according to a study of how the mineral olivine is altered by the Venusian […]
Earth’s neighbors Mars and Venus both lack magnetic fields, indicating that their internal dynamos stopped functioning in the distant past. Surprisingly, however, the MESSENGER mission found that tiny Mercury still […]
The State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences based in Macau (China) is offering a PhD position in the field of impact crater studies. Our Space Science Institute is […]
Dear Colleagues: The Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) (https://science.nasa.gov/nac/science-advisory-committees/pac) supports the advisory needs of the Planetary Science Division (PSD), the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and other mission directorates as required, […]
Members of the Mars community, I cordially invite you to participate in the next face-to-face Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) meeting scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, April 15-17, 2020 (#38). This […]
The Cosmic Ice Lab at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral position in the field of astrochemistry. This research will involve a […]
Magnetic measurements of the lunar crust and Apollo samples indicate that the Moon generated a magnetic field billions of years ago. The ancient lunar magnetic field was likely even stronger […]
One year ago, the New Horizons spacecraft approached a mysterious object, 486958 Arrokoth, orbiting in the Kuiper Belt, a collection of small objects that revolve around the Sun beyond Neptune. […]
One postdoctoral fellowship position is available in the planetary science research group at the National Space Science Center in Beijing, China. We seek candidates who are interested in studying the […]
The CLEVER Planets team and Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences at Rice University are seeking applicants for a fully funded postdoctoral scholar position who would explore magma ocean-atmosphere […]