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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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OCT 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
What secrets can Pluto’s moon, Charon, reveal about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies throughout the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
How close are Earth-sized exoplanets to Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hop ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the entire solar system as it boasts hundred ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
For thousands of years, Mars, aka the Red Planet, has fascinated skywatchers from countless civilizations and cultures, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 13, 2024Space & Astronomy
What did Mars look like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study presented at the Europlanet Science Congress ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
Beginning in 2010, NASA began International Observe the Moon Night based on two events occurring simultaneously in 2009 ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this know ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did a giant impact 4 billion years ago affect Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
What did NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on the asteroid moon, Dimorphos, teach astronom ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 20, 2024Space & Astronomy
Do certain exoplanets mirror Earth regarding their distribution of iron and water? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 12, 2024Space & Astronomy
While Mars is incapable of having liquid water on its surface, what about underground, and how much could there be? This ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 02, 2024Space & Astronomy
How do giant planets form and is this process slow or fast based on the amount of available dust used to build those pla ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 30, 2024Space & Astronomy
Did Mars once have life billions of years ago? This is what NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover hopes to figure out, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 23, 2024Space & Astronomy
Did life ever exist on Mars, and if so, how did it get there? This is the goal of NASA’s Curiosity rover, which ha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
What was ancient Mars like? Was it warmer and wetter than it is today or cold and icy like present day Mars? This is wha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 03, 2024Space & Astronomy
Did life exist on ancient Mars? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to address as a team of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 03, 2024Space & Astronomy
The Earth has asteroids pass by all the time, known as near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), and NASA recently tracked two of the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
Could we identify an alien terraformed planet through the detection of greenhouse gases? This is what a recent study pub ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
Lakes and seas of liquid methane exist on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, due to the moon’s bone-chilling cold ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 16, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can ground-based telescopes obtain the same image resolution of planetary objects as space-based telescopes, or even spa ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
What causes quakes on the Moon, also called moonquakes, and what can they teach us about quakes on other worlds? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What secrets can Pluto’s moon, Charon, reveal about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies throughout the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How close are Earth-sized exoplanets to Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hop
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the entire solar system as it boasts hundred
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
For thousands of years, Mars, aka the Red Planet, has fascinated skywatchers from countless civilizations and cultures,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 13, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What did Mars look like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study presented at the Europlanet Science Congress
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Beginning in 2010, NASA began International Observe the Moon Night based on two events occurring simultaneously in 2009
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did a giant impact 4 billion years ago affect Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What did NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on the asteroid moon, Dimorphos, teach astronom
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 20, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Do certain exoplanets mirror Earth regarding their distribution of iron and water? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 12, 2024
Space & Astronomy
While Mars is incapable of having liquid water on its surface, what about underground, and how much could there be? This
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 02, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How do giant planets form and is this process slow or fast based on the amount of available dust used to build those pla
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 30, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Did Mars once have life billions of years ago? This is what NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover hopes to figure out,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 23, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Did life ever exist on Mars, and if so, how did it get there? This is the goal of NASA’s Curiosity rover, which ha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What was ancient Mars like? Was it warmer and wetter than it is today or cold and icy like present day Mars? This is wha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 03, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Did life exist on ancient Mars? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to address as a team of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 03, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The Earth has asteroids pass by all the time, known as near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), and NASA recently tracked two of the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could we identify an alien terraformed planet through the detection of greenhouse gases? This is what a recent study pub
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Lakes and seas of liquid methane exist on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, due to the moon’s bone-chilling cold
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 16, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can ground-based telescopes obtain the same image resolution of planetary objects as space-based telescopes, or even spa
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What causes quakes on the Moon, also called moonquakes, and what can they teach us about quakes on other worlds? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc