28 January 2019
Oldest Earth rocks found on the Moon
... to the oldest rocks on Earth,” said research author Professor Alexander Nemchin, from Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Perth. "In addition, the chemistry of the zircon in this sample is very different from that of every other zircon...
22 May 2019
Water came to Earth when the Moon formed says study
.... Highly resistant to corrosion, this ductile metal is now helping scientists work out two key conundrums in planetary science - Earths water content and the formation the Moon. “The molybdenum isotopes allow us to clearly distinguish carbonaceous...
27 March 2020
Mercury's crust could have had episodic habitable conditions, new study says
... this imagery coupled with laser altimeter topography, a team of scientists headed by J. Alexis p. Rodriguez at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, the researchers have examined Mercury’s geological features to posit that the planet...
10 January 2021
Astrobiology. Current, Evolving and Emerging Perspectives
... field – encompassing biology, geology, chemistry and planetary sciences - which studies the origin and development of ...topics. This includes an overview of astrobiology, biosignatures and planetary protection, as well as chapters on microbial life in...
May 2018
Woman on the Moon
...for Astrophysics and Planetary Science at the University of Kent, which advised me about lunar science and by chance... an artist, ‘Moon-shot’ may have predicted what science has recently announced to the world, although these technological developments...
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...
