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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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NOV 22, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal discusses how observations from NASA’s Hubble ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 17, 2023Space & Astronomy
56 years ago today, NASA’s Surveyor 6 lunar lander made history by conducting the first liftoff from the Moon&rsqu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 08, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters discusses a groundbreaking discovery using the Mid-Infrare ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 07, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets examines the 39th drilling sample collected by ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
Two recent studies published in Icarus examine tectonic processes known as shear stresses which are also referred to as ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
Though NASA’s Kepler space telescope officially “retired” in October 2018, scientists are still pourin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature attempts to examine a remarkable discovery regarding the existence of a molten silica ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment examines how the Earth’s Moon could be the sour ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 23, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters examines how the official birthdate of the Earth’s Mo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 13, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:19 am EDT (7:19 am PDT ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. The continents sits on continental crust, which covers about 41 percent o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2023Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently traveled to Iceland to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 18, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been hard at work on the Red Planet since 2012 teaching us more and more about thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA announced today that the Psyche spacecraft is still scheduled to begin its launch window on October 5th and spans t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 09, 2023Space & Astronomy
While the batteries on NASA’s InSight lander officially ran out of juice in December 2022, scientists are still po ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged debris from asteroid Dimorphos that was blasted away as a result of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2023Space & Astronomy
The Moon is getting another instrument to explore its vast history as the Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer (MAPS) in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 07, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines how a newly discovered exoplanet, MWC 758c, could be producing spi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 14, 2023Space & Astronomy
Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has long been known to possess an interior ocean of liquid water, but the question as to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 14, 2023Space & Astronomy
While asteroids are the lesser-known populace of the solar system, they have possibly the greatest significance as these ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 13, 2023Earth & The Environment
For decades, scientists have accepted a particular theory regarding the evolution Earth’s plate tectonics, but a r ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature examines the discovery of an Earth-sized exoplanet, LP 791-18 d, located 86 light-yea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 18, 2023Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that volcanic activity is actively resurfacing the planet Venus. This n ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 22, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal discusses how observations from NASA’s Hubble
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 17, 2023
Space & Astronomy
56 years ago today, NASA’s Surveyor 6 lunar lander made history by conducting the first liftoff from the Moon&rsqu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 08, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters discusses a groundbreaking discovery using the Mid-Infrare
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 07, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets examines the 39th drilling sample collected by
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Two recent studies published in Icarus examine tectonic processes known as shear stresses which are also referred to as
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Though NASA’s Kepler space telescope officially “retired” in October 2018, scientists are still pourin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature attempts to examine a remarkable discovery regarding the existence of a molten silica
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment examines how the Earth’s Moon could be the sour
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 23, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters examines how the official birthdate of the Earth’s Mo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 13, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:19 am EDT (7:19 am PDT
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. The continents sits on continental crust, which covers about 41 percent o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently traveled to Iceland to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 18, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been hard at work on the Red Planet since 2012 teaching us more and more about thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA announced today that the Psyche spacecraft is still scheduled to begin its launch window on October 5th and spans t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 09, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While the batteries on NASA’s InSight lander officially ran out of juice in December 2022, scientists are still po
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged debris from asteroid Dimorphos that was blasted away as a result of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The Moon is getting another instrument to explore its vast history as the Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer (MAPS) in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 07, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines how a newly discovered exoplanet, MWC 758c, could be producing spi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 14, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has long been known to possess an interior ocean of liquid water, but the question as to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 14, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While asteroids are the lesser-known populace of the solar system, they have possibly the greatest significance as these
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
For decades, scientists have accepted a particular theory regarding the evolution Earth’s plate tectonics, but a r
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature examines the discovery of an Earth-sized exoplanet, LP 791-18 d, located 86 light-yea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 18, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that volcanic activity is actively resurfacing the planet Venus. This n
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.