Creating some of life’s building blocks in space may be a bit like making a sandwich – you can make them cold or hot. This evidence that there is more […]
Astrogeology
Posted inAstrogeology, Education and Outreach
Barringer Grant Applications for 2012 Now Being Accepted Graduate Students and Postdocs
This year’s application deadline for grants from the Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research is April 6, 2012. This program provides 3 to 5 competitive grants each year in […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Impact events, Moon, Panspermia, Press Release
Building Blocks of Early Earth Survived Collision That Created Our Moon
Unexpected new findings by a University of Maryland team of geochemists show that some portions of the Earth’s mantle (the rocky layer between Earth’s metallic core and crust) formed when […]
Posted inAstrogeology, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release
In Memoriam: Ronald Greeley
The astrobiology community deeply mourns the loss of Ronald Greeley. Ronald Greeley, a Regents’ Professor of planetary geology at Arizona State University, who has been involved in lunar and planetary […]
Posted inAstrogeology
Jupiter's "Grand Tack" Reshaped the Solar System
Jupiter, long settled in its position as the fifth planet from our sun, was a rolling stone in its youth. Over the eons, the giant planet roamed toward the center […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology
Titan Through Time II Workshop
We are pleased to announce the dates for the second workshop on “Titan Through Time: Formation, Evolution and Fate” in 2012, following the very successful first workshop in 2010. The […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology
Postdoctoral Researcher: Petrology of Planetary Materials
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), part of the Universities Space Research Association, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in the petrology of planetary materials. The successful candidate will work […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Meteorites & Asteroids, Origin & Evolution of Life
Asteroid Served Up "Custom Orders" of Life's Ingredients
Some asteroids may have been like “molecular factories” cranking out life’s ingredients and shipping them to Earth via meteorite impacts. Now it appears that at least one asteroid may have […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life
New Evidence Challenges Oldest Signs of Life
Ancient rocks are shedding new light on the timeline for life’s emergence on Earth. The rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt in Quebec, Canada, are believed to be some of […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Astronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
Report: Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 (2011)
In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon’s poles.