The Mercury Exploration Assessment Group (MExAG) is circulating Issue 2 of “The Mercury Newsletter.” This new quarterly community newsletter can be accessed online at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mexag/newsletter/. In this newsletter, we highlight the first Annual MExAG […]
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is pleased to announce the ten recipients of this year’s Career Development Award. The award is given to graduate students who have submitted a […]
Following the successful exploration of the Pluto system and the classical TNO Arrokoth, new spacecraft mission concepts are being studied to again target dwarf planets and minor bodies of the […]
Issue 163 of the Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin features the cover story, “The Perseverance Mars Rover: NASA’s Next Giant Leap in the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth.” You’ll […]
There will be a special Mars 2020 panel episode of Ask an Astrobiologist on February 2 at 10:00 Pacific Time (18:00 UTC). This episode had to be postponed last summer around […]
NASA’s Planetary Science Division is interested in proposals through the Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences (E.2) to support the Planetary Science communities Program Analysis Groups (PAGs). Ideally, this would be […]
Are you an Earth/Planetary Science Researcher experienced in field work? Are you passionate about mentoring and inspiring the next generation of explorers? Are you interested to live and work in […]
Alien Worlds — a Netflix original series — applies the laws of life on Earth to the rest of the galaxy by blending science fact and fiction to imagine alien […]
1st Information Circular11th Virtual MEPAG Meeting (VM11)Wednesday, January 27, 20211:00 pm-5:00 pm EST Members of the Mars community, I cordially invite you to participate in the next virtual meeting (VM11) […]
The 24th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) is scheduled for January 26–27, 2021. The meeting includes time for early-career scientists and engineers attending the meeting to introduce […]
Since its inauguration in 1963, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has played an invaluable role in planetary science and the exploration of our Solar System. In the past few decades, […]
Dear Astronomy Enthusiast, While renowned English language publishers like Willmann-Bell are sadly closing down, German publisher Oculum would like to step in and offer selected high-quality astronomy books, maps, and […]
Interested in applying to graduate school for planetary science? Brown University Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Planetary group is having an info session for prospective grads on Wednesday, December 16, […]
Roger Jay Phillips, American geophysicist, planetary scientist and professor emeritus at the Washington University in St. Louis, passed away on November 19, 2020. Phillips served as the Director of the Lunar […]
Episode 37: November 24 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time. Please join us as we welcome Dr. Melissa Trainer, a Deputy Principal Investigator (PI) for the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon […]
VEXAG (NASA’s Venus Exploration Analysis Group) is seeking four new volunteers for the VEXAG Steering Committee to replace Members at Large, who have successfully completed their service to the Venus […]
The 24th Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) meeting will be virtual on January 26 – 27, 2021. We have two opportunities at this upcoming SBAG meeting specifically for the early […]
Episode 36: Aired on October 29, 2020 Featuring an AbGradCon panel discussion Hosted by Dr. Graham Lau (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science) This was a special panel episode featuring […]
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate announces the second solicitation for Concepts for Ocean Worlds Life Detection Technology (COLDTech) technologies. This time the focus is on three specific technologies relevant to future […]
Estimated Release of draft AO …………………………….. October 2021 (target) Estimated Release of final AO……………………………… October 2022 (target) Estimated Proposal due date ………………………………. 90 days after AO release This community announcement […]