December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
... include a connection between the presence of a significant global planetary magnetic field, which Mars no longer has today but Earth... goal. NASA support was enabled through the Planetary Science Division. The author thanks PI Bruce Jakosky ...
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...
November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... their interview. About the interviewee Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and a Professor of Physics, Professor of Planetary Science, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been a pioneer...
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...
