June 2019
Solar superstorms and their effects on Earth
... James Green is a magnetospheric scientist. He is currently the NASA Chief Scientist and was previously the director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. He received his PhD in Space Physics from the University of Iowa in 1979 and...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... that supports students and young professionals to connect to the wider space industry. Harriet has a master’s in planetary science at the California Institute of Technology and previously worked in finance at the Bank of England and the Federal...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
... James Green is a magnetospheric scientist. He is currently the NASA Chief Scientist and was previously the director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. He received his PhD in Space Physics from the University of Iowa in 1979 and...
May 2024
DNA across the universe - the new Noah’s Ark?
... and in 1999 the ashes of lunar geologist Eugene Shoemaker were taken to the Moon in honour of his contribution to planetary science. There are now a small number of companies offering ‘space funerals’ (most of them yet to happen) but according...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
... from 2016 ($5.6 billion), although some of the funds will be distributed differently – Earth science would get an increase of $111 million, while planetary science would be cut by that amount. The proposal includes nearly $50 million for a Europa...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... and finally Exploration Ground Systems, $590 million. The Planetary Science budget secured $2,713.4 million. Of this, $300 ... postpone a number of key programmes including two Earth science initiatives, PACE and CLARREO-Pathfinder, and the Wide-Field...
