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...
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...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... Artemis astronauts working on the Moon. Onward and outward Lunar samples have proved to be the cornerstone of all planetary science, revealing magnetic signatures that tell a fascinating story that we could never have learned otherwise. Samples from...
12 August 2020
Arecibo Observatory damaged by broken cable
... most powerful telescopes on the planet, is used by scientists around the world to conduct research in the areas of atmospheric sciences, planetary sciences, radio astronomy and radar astronomy. Arecibo is also home to a team that runs the...
02 November 2020
Rare meteorite reveals evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
... dark meteorite dubbed NWA 7034. The two have been vetted by the Meteoritical Society, an international planetary science organisation, and found to be a new type of Martian meteorite composed of a mixture of different rock fragments - the earliest...
19 September 2016
New research challenges ideas on how the Earth was made
...,” said Bouvier, Curator of the Western Meteorite Collection and a principal investigator at Western’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration. “And these new isotopic measurements of meteorites provide exciting answers to these questions about...