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Planetary Geology
Planetary Geology: a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites. Planetary geology includes such topics as determining the internal structure of the terrestrial planets, and also looks at planetary volcanism and surface processes such as impact craters, fluvial and aeolian processes. The structures of the giant planets and their moons are also examined, as is the make-up of the minor bodies of the solar system, such as asteroids, the Kuiper Belt, and comets.
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FEB 26, 2025Space & Astronomy
Did an ocean exist on ancient Mars that might have been suitable for life as we know it? This is what a recent study pub ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a rec ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 03, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do seismic waves travel within the interior of Mars? This is what two recent studies published in Geophysical Resear ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 29, 2025Space & Astronomy
Did the Moon’s geological activity stop billions of years ago after it formed, or has it been active since then? T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 15, 2025Space & Astronomy
Do all exoplanets known as “hot” Jupiters orbit alone in their respective solar systems, as has long been ob ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 14, 2025Space & Astronomy
How will NASA conduct its Mars Sample Return (MSR) Program? This is what the renowned space agency recently discussed as ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 07, 2025Space & Astronomy
How did Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, form? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to ad ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
How old is our Moon, and could its true age be different than previously hypothesized? This is what a recent study publi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for the intense volcanic activity on Jupiter’s innermost Galilean moon, Io, and wha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 10, 2024Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for dust storms on Mars? This is what a study presented today at the American Geophysical ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 03, 2024Space & Astronomy
Do the moons of Uranus have interior liquid oceans like the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? This is what a recent study pub ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, form and evolve orbiting the Red Planet? This is what a recent study publi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 20, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can astronomers determine if an exoplanet has water based on Earth’s geological composition? This is what a re ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 20, 2024Space & Astronomy
What can young exoplanets teach us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Nat ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
What can sulfur stones and mysterious patterns on Mars teach us about past liquid water life and the potential for ancie ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 14, 2024Space & Astronomy
When did liquid water exist on Mars and what can it tell us about when, or if, life ever existed on the Red Planet? This ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 30, 2024Space & Astronomy
Could a moon that orbits Uranus billions of miles away have an interior ocean? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
Where will NASA’s Artemis Program precisely land astronauts near the lunar south pole? This is what the famed spac ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
The Taurid asteroids, also known as the Taurid swarm, are a group is asteroids hypothesized to be leftovers chunks from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 26, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Did an ocean exist on ancient Mars that might have been suitable for life as we know it? This is what a recent study pub
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a rec
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 03, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do seismic waves travel within the interior of Mars? This is what two recent studies published in Geophysical Resear
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 29, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Did the Moon’s geological activity stop billions of years ago after it formed, or has it been active since then? T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 15, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Do all exoplanets known as “hot” Jupiters orbit alone in their respective solar systems, as has long been ob
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 14, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How will NASA conduct its Mars Sample Return (MSR) Program? This is what the renowned space agency recently discussed as
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 07, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How did Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, form? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to ad
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How old is our Moon, and could its true age be different than previously hypothesized? This is what a recent study publi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for the intense volcanic activity on Jupiter’s innermost Galilean moon, Io, and wha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 10, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for dust storms on Mars? This is what a study presented today at the American Geophysical
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 03, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Do the moons of Uranus have interior liquid oceans like the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? This is what a recent study pub
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, form and evolve orbiting the Red Planet? This is what a recent study publi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 20, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can astronomers determine if an exoplanet has water based on Earth’s geological composition? This is what a re
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 20, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What can young exoplanets teach us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Nat
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What can sulfur stones and mysterious patterns on Mars teach us about past liquid water life and the potential for ancie
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 14, 2024
Space & Astronomy
When did liquid water exist on Mars and what can it tell us about when, or if, life ever existed on the Red Planet? This
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 30, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could a moon that orbits Uranus billions of miles away have an interior ocean? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Where will NASA’s Artemis Program precisely land astronauts near the lunar south pole? This is what the famed spac
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The Taurid asteroids, also known as the Taurid swarm, are a group is asteroids hypothesized to be leftovers chunks from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc