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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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MAR 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, MScFEB 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
The search for life beyond Earth has reached a fever pitch, with possible locations to find even microbial life being Ma ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 23, 2022Space & Astronomy
16 Psyche, a heavy metal asteroid hanging out in the asteroid belt, was once thought to be worth $10 quintillion USD in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 20, 2022Space & Astronomy
Thanks to continuing technological advancements in exoplanet detection methods, their discoveries are becoming a common ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 28, 2021Space & Astronomy
The Apollo Moon missions not only succeeded in landing the first humans on the surface of our nearest planetary neighbor ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic fly-by of the dwarf-planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, but even after s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
During a flyby of Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft made a recording on June 7, 2021. The frequency of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Up north on Mars’s surface lies a region called Arabia Terra, an area with many craters and heavy erosion approxim ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists discovered an exoplanet that has some wild characteristics. This exoplanet, called GJ 367b, was identified by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2021Space & Astronomy
Water can assume an astonishing array of conformations. It can be a liquid, vapor, or different kinds of solids. Scienti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2021Space & Astronomy
In continuing the time-honored tradition of celestial rock collecting, NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a s ...Written By: Matthew LundyAUG 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
It takes 27,322 days for it to orbit Earth and 27 days for the Moon to rotate once on its axis. We can't detect that mot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2021Microbiology
Our atmosphere is about 20 percent oxygen, which life on our planet needs to survive. It's thought that billions of year ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the special features of NASA's Perseverance Rover is its ability to perform some scientific experiments. One of i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
As we move through space, the magnetic field of the planet, which (the dynamo theory states is) generated by its metal c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA's Perseverance Rover will be reaching Mars soon and it will have to go through a seven minute descent before we kno ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Northwestern have published new findings on the factors that triggered the oceanic anoxic event (OA ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
There was a time when scientists had to wait for an asteroid to fall to Earth before they could study one.Written By: Carmen Leitch
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
FEB 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The search for life beyond Earth has reached a fever pitch, with possible locations to find even microbial life being Ma
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 23, 2022
Space & Astronomy
16 Psyche, a heavy metal asteroid hanging out in the asteroid belt, was once thought to be worth $10 quintillion USD in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 20, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Thanks to continuing technological advancements in exoplanet detection methods, their discoveries are becoming a common
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 28, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The Apollo Moon missions not only succeeded in landing the first humans on the surface of our nearest planetary neighbor
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic fly-by of the dwarf-planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, but even after s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
During a flyby of Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft made a recording on June 7, 2021. The frequency of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Up north on Mars’s surface lies a region called Arabia Terra, an area with many craters and heavy erosion approxim
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists discovered an exoplanet that has some wild characteristics. This exoplanet, called GJ 367b, was identified by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Water can assume an astonishing array of conformations. It can be a liquid, vapor, or different kinds of solids. Scienti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In continuing the time-honored tradition of celestial rock collecting, NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a s
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
AUG 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It takes 27,322 days for it to orbit Earth and 27 days for the Moon to rotate once on its axis. We can't detect that mot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2021
Microbiology
Our atmosphere is about 20 percent oxygen, which life on our planet needs to survive. It's thought that billions of year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the special features of NASA's Perseverance Rover is its ability to perform some scientific experiments. One of i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
As we move through space, the magnetic field of the planet, which (the dynamo theory states is) generated by its metal c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Perseverance Rover will be reaching Mars soon and it will have to go through a seven minute descent before we kno
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Northwestern have published new findings on the factors that triggered the oceanic anoxic event (OA
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
There was a time when scientists had to wait for an asteroid to fall to Earth before they could study one.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch