During the formation of rocky planets, the surface environments of growing protoplanets were dramatically different from those of present-day planets.
Lava / magma ocean / Volcanic Worlds
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astronauts and Explorers, Away Teams & Field Reports, Lava / magma ocean / Volcanic Worlds, People Of Astrobiology, Status Report
Former USGS Geologist Lauren Edgar Selected As A NASA Astronaut Candidate
Meet Lauren Edgar, once a geologist studying the Earth, Moon, and Mars, now one of NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s newest astronaut candidates!
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Studying Thermophiles In Yellowstone National Park
Ask any Yellowstone park ranger about hazards in the park, and you will soon learn that hydrothermal features (not bears) have caused more harm than any other natural threat. Park […]
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Away Team Training: Analogs for VENus’ GEologically Recent Surfaces (AVENGERS) Initiative
Editor’s note: when it comes to conducting field trips – sorties – Away Team missions – on another world, astrogeology and astrobiology and astrochemistry overlap with one another all the […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Habitable Zones, Lava / magma ocean / Volcanic Worlds, Mars, Press Release
Volcanic Emissions Of Reactive Sulfur Gases May Have Shaped Early Mars Climate, Making It More Hospitable To Life
While the early Mars climate remains an open question, a new study suggests its atmosphere may have been hospitable to life due to volcanic activity which emitted sulfur gases that […]
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Silane-Methane Competition in Sub-Neptune Atmospheres As A Diagnostic Of Metallicity And Magma Oceans
The James Webb Space Telescope is characterising the atmospheres of sub-Neptunes. The presence of magma oceans on sub-Neptunes is expected to strongly alter the chemistry of their envelopes (100 bar-100 […]
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Melting Planets Reveal The Internal History Of Rocky Worlds
An international research team, led by scientists from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) in collaboration with researchers from Canada and the United Kingdom, reveals in a […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Lava / magma ocean / Volcanic Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Simulating The Solar System’s Ice Volcanoes In The Lab
Scientists have been able to recreate the extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space – and revealed the unstable behaviour of water.
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Answers To The Existence Of Alien Life Might Be Found In Earth’s Deep-sea Volcanoes
While popular culture commonly depicts extraterrestrial life as little green men with large, oval-shaped heads, it’s most likely that if there is life beyond our planet and within our solar […]
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Uncovering The Rock Record Of Earth’s Earliest Continental Crust
This study was led by Professor Jia Liu and Professor Qunke Xia from the School of Earth Sciences at Zhejiang University; researchers have taken a major step toward uncovering Earth’s […]