«This is one of the first mineral physics experiments that is going to be much more applicable to every planet,» says exogeologist Cayman Unterborn of Arizona State University in Tempe. (sciencenews.org)
Her 1 - year NASA grants make it difficult to do any long - term planning, so she is considering moving back toward computational mineral physics — her Ph.D. topic. (sciencemag.org)
To determine the composition of the TRAPPIST - 1 planets, the team used a unique software package, developed by Unterborn and Lorenzo, that uses state - of - the - art mineral physics calculators. (sciencedaily.com)