Scientific American (blog) Earth’s Age and the Cosmic CalendarScientific American (blog)They proposed that stars were almost eternal (Jeans proposed an age of 10^13 years) and only planets were formed over time (so geologists could use any age without getting into…
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Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on Mars – ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on MarsScienceBlog.com (blog)An international group of specialists in the field of planetary sciences has found strong evidence that lava flows on Mars may also host base and precious metals. The Martian surface geology is dominated…
Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on Mars – ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on MarsScienceBlog.com (blog)An international group of specialists in the field of planetary sciences has found strong evidence that lava flows on Mars may also host base and precious metals. The Martian surface geology is dominated…
Mankind's first comet landing – KLTV
Mankind’s first comet landingKLTV“That’s a pretty incredible technological achievement,” said Paul Buchanan, an instructor of geology at Kilgore College. He finds it amazing a craft launched in 2004 actually caught up with and landed on a comet, especially considering it…
Our first comet landing – KLTV
Our first comet landingKLTV“That’s a pretty incredible technological achievement,” said Paul Buchanan, an Instructor of Geology at Kilgore College. He finds it amazing a craft launched in 2004 actually caught up with and landed on a comet, especially considering ……
Conversations with National Medal of Science Winners – Laboratory Equipment
Laboratory Equipment Conversations with National Medal of Science WinnersLaboratory EquipmentHis research focuses on planetary geology and geophysics, seismology, marine geophysics and geodynamics. He is the Principal Investigator for NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury and a member of the National Academy…
Conversations with National Medal of Science Winners – Laboratory Equipment
Laboratory Equipment Conversations with National Medal of Science WinnersLaboratory EquipmentHis research focuses on planetary geology and geophysics, seismology, marine geophysics and geodynamics. He is the Principal Investigator for NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury and a member of the National Academy…
Conversations with National Medal of Science Winners – Laboratory Equipment
Laboratory Equipment Conversations with National Medal of Science WinnersLaboratory EquipmentHis research focuses on planetary geology and geophysics, seismology, marine geophysics and geodynamics. He is the Principal Investigator for NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury and a member of the National Academy…
Rosetta mission lander set to explore surface of comet – Science News
Science News Rosetta mission lander set to explore surface of cometScience NewsThe lander’s 10 instruments are designed to complement the 11 aboard Rosetta to study the chemistry and geology of 67P in detail. What the probes discover could give clues…
Joint Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Exoplanetary Science – environmentalresearchweb
Joint Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Exoplanetary ScienceenvironmentalresearchwebExisting complementary research strengths at McGill include early Universe cosmology, galaxy evolution and compact objects in the Department of Physics, as well as geology, astrobiology and atmospheric sciences in Earth and Planetary Science and…