10 September 2018
IAU wrong about Pluto's planetary status say scientists
... on reasoning that has since been disproven. "The IAU definition would say that the fundamental object of planetary science, the planet, is supposed to be a defined on the basis of a concept that nobody uses in their research. And it would leave...
18 July 2018
Solar Planetary Systems
... students will need to be convinced of its worth before making the investment. Subtitled ‘Stardust to Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Planetary Sciences’, this large volume sets itself an equally large remit and covers multiple aspects...
08 January 2023
Planetary Habitability
... even write papers of their own. Certainly, the message that planetary habitability is “a vast inter-disciplinary undertaking that combines planetary science, climate science and stellar astrophysics” is well received. However, rather than spending...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
..., grants and even money from charities. I paved my own path towards astrobiology research. First I studied planetary science at University College London (UCL) where I learnt about the importance of geology in influencing the possibility of life...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
..., to positioning and navigation. This could even be leveraged by the scientific community on an outsourced basis for planetary science. As we have seen with the terrestrial economy, all commerce is being converted to ones and zeros, including...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
...of the Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration at NASA Goddard, where he pursues connections between cosmology, biology, and planetary science. Joseph Silk is a research professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, and is also at the...
