NASA is accepting applications – from science and engineering post-docs, recent PhDs, doctoral students, junior faculty, and engineering students within 6-9 months of completion of their master’s degree but not […]
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) will host approximately 25 participants for a 4.5-day, in-depth Master Class workshop in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 18-22, 2019. The Master Class will include topics related to James […]
We are now recruiting to a lectureship position with a research specialism in analytical planetary sciences in the School of Physical Sciences at the Open University. This Faculty position will provide […]
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 […]
The journal Life (ISSN 2075-1729) is currently preparing a special issue entitled “Planetary Exploration of Habitable Environments.” Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch of the Technical University Berlin, Germany, and Dr. Alberto G. Fairén […]
European Planetary Science Congress-Division for Planetary Sciences (EPSC-DPS) Session SB8 welcomes abstracts describing the “Latest Science Results in Planetary Defense.” Abstracts are invited covering all aspects of planetary defense: Results from […]
European Planetary Science Congress-Division for Planetary Sciences (EPSC-DPS) Session SB1 welcomes abstracts describing results, developments, and perspectives on the discovery or the physical and dynamical characterization of the small bodies of […]
Registration is now open for the upcoming Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) meeting on April 23-24 at NASA Headquarters. Registration is required for all attendees except for the steering committee members. Please […]
Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, September 22-25, 2019 Session Description: Aeolian activity has been identified or suggested on seven different bodies in our solar system. We explore the […]
La semana pasada, en la 50ª Conferencia de Ciencia Lunar y Planetaria (LPSC por sus siglas en inglés), el equipo OSIRIS-REx anunció las primeras observaciones de partículas que se expulsaron […]
En caso de que se lo haya perdido, dos equipos informaron recientemente hallazgos relacionados con los anillos de polvo en el sistema solar interior. El primero, dirigido por científicos del […]
Recordings of many of the special sessions and events at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference are available to watch online, including the NASA Headquarters briefing, the Masursky Lecture by Apollo […]
Last week at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, the OSIRIS-REx team announced the first observations of particles being ejected from asteroid Bennu. Several such eruptions have occurred in […]
In case you missed it, two teams recently reported findings related to dust rings in the inner solar system. The first, led by scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory in […]
Announcing the 2019 NASA Planetary Volcanology Workshop, July 11-17, 2019, in Hawaii: Analogs to Volcanic Features and Processes in Satellite and Rover Images This NASA-sponsored workshop will provide field-based experience […]
Our understanding of lunar water has changed dramatically since a decade ago, when evidence of both internal and surficial water was first found on the Moon. The surficial water is thought to […]
In addition to the six inner moons of Neptune, which were detected in 1989 by the NASA spacecraft Voyager 2, a seventh moon, Hippocamp, has been discovered by Mark Showalter […]
The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) within NASA Headquarters will fill multiple Program Executive positions in the Earth Science Division, Heliophysics Division, Planetary Science Division, Astrophysics Division, or Joint Agency Satellite […]
Además de las seis lunas interiores de Neptuno, que fueron detectadas en 1989 por la nave espacial de la NASA, Voyager 2, Mark Showalter y sus colegas descubrieron una séptima […]
Nuestro conocimiento del agua lunar ha cambiado dramáticamente desde hace una década, cuando se encontró por primera vez en la Luna evidencia de agua interna y superficial. Se cree que […]