Origin and Dynamics of Local Dust Storms on Mars
Local dust storms often arise on Mars, especially at the edges of the polar carbon dioxide ice caps. The relatively dark martian soil and rock absorb more solar radiation than […]
Local dust storms often arise on Mars, especially at the edges of the polar carbon dioxide ice caps. The relatively dark martian soil and rock absorb more solar radiation than […]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched in 2021 and recently completed its deployment and mirror alignment. The start of the primary science phase of the mission was heralded […]
The Planetary Society invites proposals to its grants program, Science and Technology Empowered by the Public (STEP) Grants. These are planetary science and/or technology grants chosen from an open, international, […]
The New Horizons team is hosting a community workshop for creative discussion of future planetary science that may be conducted with the New Horizons spacecraft. Please join us and bring your […]
The Science & Exploration Directorate, Solar System Exploration Division, Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory (Code 695) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is seeking a planetary scientist with a focus on […]
Every ten years, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine undertakes a largescale survey of planetary scientists to identify priority scientific questions to NASA for the upcoming decade, recommending […]
Volunteer Yourself or Nominate Others for the Venus Science Coordination Group (VeSCoor) by September 30, 2022 NASA’s Planetary Science Division (PSD) and the European Space Agency (ESA) jointly are convening […]
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will be holding a community workshop in October 2022 with the goal of co-creating the NASA SMD Bridge Program. The NASA SMD Bridge Program is a […]
The Experimental Planetology Group at ETH Zürich invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher to examine the compositional variability of rocky (exo)planets from an experimental perspective. The position is available for a duration […]
The Hayabusa2 mission was launched on December 3, 2014, with the goal of collecting samples from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft made two landings on Ryugu and collected […]
When and where a planet gets its volatile constituents are important questions in planetary science. Typical models of planet formation often start with an inventory of volatile elements (e.g., hydrogen, […]
Mars Community, On behalf of R. Aileen Yingst (MEPAG Chair), Rich Zurek, Michael Mischna, Brandi Carrier, and Jonathan Bapst of the Mars Program Science Office, the July 2022 edition of […]
With the release of the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, we now know that a return to Enceladus is a top priority of the planetary science and astrobiology […]
If you are a PI for a ROSES project on an Ocean Worlds theme, you or a designated team member may already be eligible to join the Network for Ocean […]
Liquid water is a prerequisite for life as we know it. Consequently, scientists have long sought stable liquid water in our solar system to search for life. This idea has […]
NASA engineers will meet next month to discuss the possibility of shutting down scientific instruments to conserve power on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft after 44 years of service. […]
Meteoroids are small bodies of extraterrestrial materials that enter Earth’s atmosphere, creating streaks of light known as meteors. If they survive passage through the atmosphere and land on Earth, they […]
The Copernican principle, inspired by the mid-16th-century idea of Nicolaus Copernicus that Earth is not the center of the universe, states that we may not be alone in the universe […]