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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 27, 2022Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 07, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in American Geophysical Union Advances, computer models divulge how the geologic activity on ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
On June, 23, 2022, the BepiColombo mission made its second gravity assist of the planet Mercury. BepiColombo is a collab ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
New research from McGill University has discovered alive and active microbes in Canadian permafrost that could provide a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 02, 2022Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system formed from a cloud of gas and dust called a solar nebula that swi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 23, 2022Earth & The Environment
The planet Earth is a world flourishing with all kinds of life that is the result of billions of years of geologic proce ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 12, 2022Space & Astronomy
Venus is one of the most awesome, mysterious, and deceiving planetary objects in our entire solar system. While its brig ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 07, 2022Space & Astronomy
Triton, the largest moon of Neptune—The Cantaloupe Moon, with its literal cantaloupe-like terrain and active geyse ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 03, 2022Earth & The Environment
We often affiliate plate tectonics with earthquakes, as we are all taught in school that the shifting of plates leads to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 24, 2022Earth & The Environment
Volcanic eruptions are one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles to witness. You are literally watching Earth at work as ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
I’m going to get right to it: “Earth’s Moon” or simply “The Moon” isn’t a real ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 19, 2022Space & Astronomy
Io, the first Galilean moon of Jupiter—The Volcano World, with its molten silicate lava lakes and hundreds of acti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 16, 2022Space & Astronomy
Fans of the show The Expanse will undoubtedly know about Ceres Station, with its six million inhabitants, artificial gra ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
On November 26, 2018, NASA’s InSight Mars Lander touched down on the Red Planet with the purpose of studying the i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun – The Distant Planet. This bright blue orb hanging out near the edge of th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
Who doesn’t like to zap things, even if only imaginary? Nearly everyone at some point in their life has yelled, &l ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun – The Ringed Planet, as curious, young sky watchers might often ask, “ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 31, 2022Space & Astronomy
Asteroids might look like boring balls of rock, but these fossils often hold many clues about the evolution and formatio ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
"The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star stuff," Carl Sagan famously stated on his original award ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 21, 2022Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun – The Majestic Planet, with its massive size, swirling multi-colored clouds ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and &l ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 08, 2022Space & Astronomy
Dr. Alyssa Rose Rhoden is a Principal Scientist within the Planetary Science Directorate at the Southwest Research Insti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 07, 2022Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover snapped a photograph of a flower-like rock artifact on the surface of Mars. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 27, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 07, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in American Geophysical Union Advances, computer models divulge how the geologic activity on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On June, 23, 2022, the BepiColombo mission made its second gravity assist of the planet Mercury. BepiColombo is a collab
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
New research from McGill University has discovered alive and active microbes in Canadian permafrost that could provide a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system formed from a cloud of gas and dust called a solar nebula that swi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 23, 2022
Earth & The Environment
The planet Earth is a world flourishing with all kinds of life that is the result of billions of years of geologic proce
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 12, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Venus is one of the most awesome, mysterious, and deceiving planetary objects in our entire solar system. While its brig
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 07, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Triton, the largest moon of Neptune—The Cantaloupe Moon, with its literal cantaloupe-like terrain and active geyse
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 03, 2022
Earth & The Environment
We often affiliate plate tectonics with earthquakes, as we are all taught in school that the shifting of plates leads to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 24, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Volcanic eruptions are one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles to witness. You are literally watching Earth at work as
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
I’m going to get right to it: “Earth’s Moon” or simply “The Moon” isn’t a real
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 19, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Io, the first Galilean moon of Jupiter—The Volcano World, with its molten silicate lava lakes and hundreds of acti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 16, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Fans of the show The Expanse will undoubtedly know about Ceres Station, with its six million inhabitants, artificial gra
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On November 26, 2018, NASA’s InSight Mars Lander touched down on the Red Planet with the purpose of studying the i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun – The Distant Planet. This bright blue orb hanging out near the edge of th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Who doesn’t like to zap things, even if only imaginary? Nearly everyone at some point in their life has yelled, &l
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun – The Ringed Planet, as curious, young sky watchers might often ask, “
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 31, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids might look like boring balls of rock, but these fossils often hold many clues about the evolution and formatio
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
"The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star stuff," Carl Sagan famously stated on his original award
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 21, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun – The Majestic Planet, with its massive size, swirling multi-colored clouds
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and &l
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 08, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Dr. Alyssa Rose Rhoden is a Principal Scientist within the Planetary Science Directorate at the Southwest Research Insti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 07, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover snapped a photograph of a flower-like rock artifact on the surface of Mars.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc