InSight’s Mole Has Partially Backed Out of Its Hole
The heat probe aboard NASA’s InSight Mars lander was supposed to dig 3 to 5 meters (10 to 16 feet) into the Martian soil, using a self-hammering tool. However, shortly […]
The heat probe aboard NASA’s InSight Mars lander was supposed to dig 3 to 5 meters (10 to 16 feet) into the Martian soil, using a self-hammering tool. However, shortly […]
Se suponía que la sonda de flujo de calor (o HP3 por sus siglas en inglés) a bordo de InSight excavaría unos 3 o 5 metros (10 a 16 pies) […]
The presence of water-ice on the Moon has the potential to significantly assist future human visitors to Earth’s satellite by providing oxygen to breath and hydrogen for fuel, but the […]
La presencia de hielo en la Luna tiene el potencial de ayudar significativamente a los futuros visitantes humanos al satélite terrestre al proporcionar oxígeno para respirar e hidrógeno como combustible, […]
Many planets have been detected around stars beyond our Sun, but few of them are solid like the Earth, and it has been a struggle to determine whether any are […]
Se han detectado muchos planetas alrededor de estrellas más allá de nuestro Sol, pero pocos de esos planetas son sólidos como la Tierra, y ha sido difícil determinar si alguno […]
Tuesday, October 29th, 7:30pm EDT/ 6:30pm CDT / 5:30pm MDT / 4:30pm PDT We invite you to join us for a 60-minute virtual panel summarizing presentations from the 2019 annual […]
A 2-year post-doctoral position is available at the Astrophysical Institute of the Canary Islands (in Tenerife, Spain) to work on topics within the project “P3NEOI Deimos contract” (P/301901), within its […]
Edscottite (IMA 2018-086a), Fe5C2, is a new iron carbide mineral that occurs with low-Ni iron (kamacite), taenite, nickelphosphide (Ni-dominant schreibersite), and minor cohenite in the Wedder-burn iron meteorite, a Ni-rich […]
The success of scientists depends upon their ability to obtain funding. One of the largest challenges is to create strong proposals. Using Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) […]
The widely accepted model of the Earth’s evolution holds that its mantle has melted more or less continuously over time, and that its composition has changed over time. However, a […]
A second interstellar object, designated C/2019 Q4 (2I/Borisov), was discovered on August 30, 2019, by Gennady Borisov at the MARGO observatory in Nauchnij, Crimea. A new paper published in Nature […]
Members of the Mars community, I cordially invite you to participate in the next virtual meeting (VM7) of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), scheduled on Wednesday, November 13th, […]
In support of NASA’s effort to explore the lunar south pole, including the Artemis program’s scheduled landing there of the first woman and next man in 2024, the LPI continues […]
La edscotita (IMA 2018-086a), Fe5C2, es un nuevo mineral de carburo de hierro que se produce con hierro con bajo contenido de Ni (kamacita), taenita, fosfuro de níquel (schreibersita dominante […]
El modelo más ampliamente aceptado de la evolución de la Tierra sostiene que, a lo largo del tiempo, su manto se ha derretido de una manera más menos continua y […]
The Department of Planetology and Habitability at the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) invites applications for one postdoctoral position to support investigations on the geochemical nature of the early Mars environments. […]
Variations in salt and sulfate minerals detected by the Curiosity Rover in Gale Crater on Mars may indicate that areas on the crater floor underwent a series of wet and […]
A recently released paper by Wroblewski, et al. has taken a fresh look at Ovda Fluctus on Venus, which has been interpreted as a silica-rich lava flow. This lava flow […]
The Elardo Planetary Geochemistry Group at the University of Florida in Gainesville has opportunities for highly motivated students seeking graduate degrees with an emphasis in Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry. Potential […]