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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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AUG 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, MScMAY 28, 2024Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus has been revealed to have past volcanism across its surface, but could this volcanism be active today? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has long been hypothesized to contain a vast, liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust. Bu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 08, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can studying an exoplanet’s ozone help astronomers better understand its habitability potential? This is what ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 08, 2024Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to reveal the secrets of the universe every time it operates, i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the planet Venus lose its water? This debate has rage on for some time and something a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
How long has the Earth’s magnetic field existed? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysic ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s first Galilean moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the entire solar system with ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form and how can its unique geologic interior be explained? This is what a recent study published in Na ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
How deep is the lunar regolith and megaregolith, the latter of which consists of the cracked lunar crust layers resultin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
Can the ancient past of Mars be unlocked from knowing the orientation of rocks? This is what a study published today in ...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
MAY 28, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus has been revealed to have past volcanism across its surface, but could this volcanism be active today?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has long been hypothesized to contain a vast, liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust. Bu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can studying an exoplanet’s ozone help astronomers better understand its habitability potential? This is what
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to reveal the secrets of the universe every time it operates, i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the planet Venus lose its water? This debate has rage on for some time and something a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How long has the Earth’s magnetic field existed? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysic
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s first Galilean moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the entire solar system with
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form and how can its unique geologic interior be explained? This is what a recent study published in Na
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How deep is the lunar regolith and megaregolith, the latter of which consists of the cracked lunar crust layers resultin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Can the ancient past of Mars be unlocked from knowing the orientation of rocks? This is what a study published today in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc