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Emily Lakdawalla • May 17, 2018 • 5
A Mercury meeting held May 1-3 summarized the current and future science of the innermost planet. Emily Lakdawalla was there and shares her notes.
Jason Davis • April 18, 2018 • 5
If you had a spaceship and could take it anywhere in the solar system to search for life, where would you go?
Adeene Denton • April 02, 2018 • 1
One of the ways we understand Mars' early climatic and geologic history is through preserved fluvial features.
Harriet Brettle • March 30, 2018 • 1
The Jovian system is a busy place. The Groovy Galilean Satellites session at last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) covered analysis of past mission data, testable hypotheses for future missions, and discussion of the use of ground-based data.
Emily Lakdawalla • March 29, 2018
The first astrobiology session at last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference featured talks on a huge variety of interesting topics, and was one of my favorite sessions at the meeting.
Emily Lakdawalla • March 28, 2018
At last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, I tried a new experiment: collaborating with other attendees to take a shared set of notes.
Megan Kelley • March 27, 2018
The only geoscientist to walk on the Moon attended a conference session presenting results from the rocks he collected.
Jake Robins • March 26, 2018 • 5
Mars today is a dynamic place. One visually dramatic sign of change on Mars is "mass wasting," more commonly known as "stuff falling downhill". Scientists presented the results of recent laboratory work on Mars mass wasting at last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
Emily Lakdawalla • March 21, 2018 • 1
Emily's first report from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference is on the solar system's most atmospheriffic satellite, Saturn's moon Titan.
Emily Lakdawalla • March 15, 2018 • 1
It's time for the 49th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), a geology-focused meeting of planetary scientists. Here's a preview, and a call for help from attendees. I'll be presenting at two lunchtime workshops.
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