Chair of Harvard’s Earth and Planetary Sciences Department steps down Harvard Gazette John H. Shaw, the Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology, steps down at the end of June, having served as chair of the Department of …
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Apollo's Legacy: 50 Years of Lunar Geology – Eos
Apollo’s Legacy: 50 Years of Lunar Geology Eos Samples of the Moon’s surface brought back by Apollo astronauts ushered in a new era of planetary science. Scientists today continue the legacy.
Apollo’s Legacy: 50 Years of Lunar Geology – Eos
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NASA is going back to Titan, looking for signs of life – Cosmos
NASA is going back to Titan, looking for signs of life Cosmos NASA is returning to Saturn’s moon Titan, this time with a flying, drone-like rover called Dragonfly. In the process, scientists will not only study Titan’s geology, …
Apollo moon rocks help us understand our place in the cosmos – Vox.com
Apollo moon rocks help us understand our place in the cosmos Vox.com In a brilliant white room at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, lies a clear plastic chest filled with bits of the heavens. Inside are meteorites …
2019 Women in Biometrics Award winner: Nicole Spaun, IDEMIA NSS – SecureIDNews
2019 Women in Biometrics Award winner: Nicole Spaun, IDEMIA NSS SecureIDNews Dr. Nicole Spaun began her career staring at planets. “I got my PhD in geology, looking specifically at planetary geology. During graduate school, I worked with …
'Origins': Humans have been shaped more by Earth's evolving geography than by genetics – Genetic Literacy Project
‘Origins’: Humans have been shaped more by Earth’s evolving geography than by genetics Genetic Literacy Project In astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell’s newest book, Origins: How the Earth Made Us, he outlines how geology has shaped human evolution.
Modeling the past climates of planet Mars to understand its geology, its habitability and its evolution | Projects | H2020 – ICT Results
Modeling the past climates of planet Mars to understand its geology, its habitability and its evolution | Projects | H2020 ICT Results Over the past decades, the robotic exploration of the planet Mars has produced a wealth of geological observations. They…
New Mineral Classification System Proposed | Geology – Sci-News.com
New Mineral Classification System Proposed | Geology Sci-News.com The modern mineral classification system, developed by the American geologist and mineralogist James Dwight Dana in the 1850s, categorizes more than 5400 …