The Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) is seeking three new volunteers for the VEXAG Steering Committee to replace the Members at Large who have successfully completed their service to the […]
1. Project research fellow is a full-time position (38 h 45 min working hours/week) employed under the scheme of the annual salary system of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences […]
The book Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto was published earlier this week and it’s getting great reviews. My co-author, David Grinspoon, and I put our heart […]
Evidence for water ice has been found in Mercury’s permanently shadowed regions (PSR) of the two poles using MESSENGER’s radar images with limited resolution and spatial coverage. Using the Arecibo […]
New work by Matsuyama and colleagues suggests that the icy shell of outer satellites may dampen the magnitude of ocean tides and reduce the heat from tides. They found that […]
Earlier this month, the BepiColombo spacecraft was approved for transport to the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) facility in French Guiana to begin launch preparations. This week, scientists from across the […]
Program information is available and registration is open for the Ocean Worlds meeting taking place May 21 – 23 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas. READ MORE »
A recent study, published in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science by Hamann et al. reports new petrographic observations that demonstrate liquid immiscibility in impact melts. Immiscibility is when two […]
The 1908 cosmic impact in the Tunguska region of Siberia has intrigued the public and puzzled scientists for more than a century. This event has generally been attributed to the […]
To the Mars Community, On behalf of Jeff Johnson (MEPAG Chair), Dave Beaty, Rich Zurek, and Serina Diniega of the Mars Program Science Office, the May 2018 edition of the […]
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville seeks to hire a Geology Lecturer and Laboratory Director to start August 1, 2018. The initial appointment […]
Mars community, We are excited to share the following message from Jim Watzin, the NASA Mars Exploration Program Director: Fellow Martians, This has been an exciting and productive week […]