Sentences with phrase «as planetary science»

He added that since President Obama entered office, there has been a «disproportionate increase» in funding for Nasa's earth science programme, which has come at the expense of space exploration as well as planetary science, heliophysics and astrophysics.

Not exact matches

Also, with the outreach work that I do for as an ambassador for NASA / JPL, I wanted to be able to have more technical activities for disadvantaged children centered around coding, space technology, and planetary science.

These problems are of such magnitudes and complexity that the quality of the future of our planetary existence now confronts us as something more than just a theoretical or imaginative issue first detailed for us by the writers of science fiction.

Goper reation according to the Divine Word of God Genesis 1 science in CAPS; FIRST CAUSE «In the beginning God» (v1)-- we are given the first cause, causation BIG BANG «created the heavens and the earth» (v1)-- matter and energy created, singularity establishing time and space «Earth dark formless mass «(v 2)-- chaotic sub atomic particles STAR IGNITION «Let there be light» (Day One)-- God was the light or light from reionizing the universe PLANETARY ACCRETION = > EARTH, MOON = > WATER = > ATMOSPERE «Separated the waters to make atmosphere» (Day Two)-- molten earth or water forming atmosphere as cools.

He specializes in earth sciences and paleontology but often tackles topics such as astronomy, planetary sciences, materials sciences, and engineering.

«Although we were initially quite skeptical that this planet could exist, as we continued to investigate its orbit and what it would mean for the outer solar system, we become increasingly convinced that it is out there,» says Batygin, an assistant professor of planetary science.

As director of the Planetary Exploration and Space Astronomy directorate of the Space Science branch, I lead the group that has sponsored this project.

The goal is to develop and maintain world - class planetary science community in Canada, have Canadian industry recognized as providers of choice for technology, and to bring the wonders of Mars back down to Earth for all Canadians to enjoy.

The planetary physicist is well - known to fans of Syfy's Defiance and Battlestar Galactica, and TNT's Falling Skies, as the science adviser who helps give authenticity to sci - fi adventure.

«It thrills me to no end that people all over the world took a break from their normal activities to go outside and celebrate the interplanetary salute between robot and maker that these images represent,» said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team lead at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. «The whole event underscores for me our «coming of age» as planetary explorers.»

We extract science by carefully modeling all the ways in which the spacecraft and the instruments themselves could have caused the apparent brightness of a planetary system to change over time... We are pretty sure we can trust our models of Spitzer down to about a part in 10,000; we are in uncharted territory as far as detector behavior is concerned.»

«We show that Imbrium was likely formed by an absolutely enormous object, large enough to be classified as a protoplanet,» said Pete Schultz, professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown University.

«This crater and its recently - formed deposits will be a prime target of study for the team as Dawn continues to explore Ceres in its final mapping phase,» said Paul Schenk, a Dawn science team member at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.

In this two - hour PBS special (a fine companion to The Life of Super-Earths), NOVA combines cutting - edge planetary science with the thrill of human exploration, putting astronomers and astrobiologists «on location» across the solar system as they explain the scientific search for life on other worlds.

How did risk factor into your selection of Psyche and Lucy, two missions to asteroids, as the next Discovery missions in planetary science?

Earthquakes that happen in densely populated mountainous regions, such as the Himalaya, spell bigger earthquakes because of a fast tectonic - plate collision, according to a new study in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

A team led by Kaveh Pahlevan at Yale University calculate that as rock vapour rose from Earth's hot, roiling surface, the magnesium oxide it contained would have condensed into droplets and rained back to the surface more readily than the more volatile iron oxide, which could then have mixed into the moon - forming disc (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, DOI: 10.1016 / j.epsl.2010.10.036).

That lesson is not lost on the wider planetary science community, which sees the program as crucial for establishing both winners and losers in the high - stakes game of interplanetary exploration.

It serves as the model for collaboration among disciplines and nations in planetary science, with its instrument teams featuring balanced rosters of U.S. and European scientists.

«We have a mission and an obligation, given who we are and the benefits we enjoy as a result of our status as scientists, to address major science - based issues in society,» said Huybers, a professor of earth and planetary sciences and environmental science and engineering at Harvard University.

In a paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, the researchers note that the ancient Earth harbored a mantle that was as much as 200 degrees Celsius hotter than it is today — temperatures that may have brewed up more uniform, less dense material throughout the entire mantle layer.

Cruz's scientific savvy and coordination skills will come in handy in the next phase of her career: Starting in October, Cruz will take a position at Science as an associate editor in astrophysics, astronomy, and planetary sScience as an associate editor in astrophysics, astronomy, and planetary sciencescience.

Amazingly, while the fundamental discoveries in science in the 17th century — gravity, light waves, planetary rotation around stars and the incredible abstraction of science in mathematics — spurred huge explosions of discoveries in physics and chemistry, fundamental discoveries in biology largely lagged behind and were important only as they related to human health.

Senior author Barbara Romanowicz, a UC Berkeley professor of earth and planetary science, noted that the connections between the lower - mantle plumes and the volcanic hotspots are not direct because the tops of the plumes spread out like the delta of a river as they merge with the less viscous upper mantle rock.

Next week, President Barack Obama will propose a $ 300 million cut in NASA's planetary science programs as part of his 2013 request for the agency, ScienceInsider has learned.

► «[Last] month, Maria Zuber, a planetary geophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, took over from Dan Arvizu as chair of the National Science Board,» which «oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF),» Jeffrey Mervis wrote Tuesday.

This month Maria Zuber, a planetary geophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, took over from Dan Arvizu as chair of the National Science Board.

Dreier was also pleased to see the boost, since Earth science funding was often targeted as a way for Congress to support rises within planetary science.

And as usual, NASA's planetary science division, a favorite of key congressional appropriators, did best of all, with a 13.4 % boost to $ 1.63 billion.

Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society who is popularly known as «the science guy,» pointed to the vision of the nation's framers for enshrining in the U.S. Constitution support for promoting the progress of science.

Astrobiologists, who will be presenting their work at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2013 in London on Monday 9 September, have shown that Raman spectroscopy can be used to detect micro-organisms even after they have been damaged by exposure to very high levels of radiation, as is encountered on the Martian surface.

In the meantime, speculation about the U.S.'s future in space has reached its highest point in recent memory, as made clear here last week by the proceedings of the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).

This new color - coded photo mosaic of Mercury's south polar region, presented here today at a joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, shows these «freezer» areas as dark blotches.

Missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Cosmic Background Explorer are all answering some of the fundamental questions in astrophysics, cosmology and planetary science: how did the Solar System form?

As there are no reports of such a shower, no meteoroid hit the moon on 18 June 1178, Withers concludes in this month's Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

At NASA, a 6 - month period is typical for principal investigator — led spacecraft, such as the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, says James Green, the director of NASA's planetary science division in Washington, D.C.. However, Green says, NASA headquarters can insist that the principal investigator release data for key media events.

As always in planetary science, the ultimate goal of studying alien worlds is to understand our own better.

Now, a group of impact modelers argued at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference that the object that crashed into Vesta and reshaped its geology was eight times as massive as previously thought.

A group of impact modelers argued at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference that the object that crashed into asteroid Vesta — the asteroid belt's second - most - massive body — and reshaped its geology was eight times as massive as previously thought.

The third process, tidal dissipation, has recently become a focus in planetary science as a potential heat source sufficient enough to create and maintain subsurface global oceans and viscous processes affecting ice flow in which disturbances within the crystal lattice allow ice to flow like honey (over long enough time periods).

And Vesta's overall spectral color, as returned by NASA's orbiting Dawn spacecraft, matches that of these Vesta meteorites, Dawn team members reported today at a planetary science meeting in Nantes, France.

They were just trying to do their science as best they knew how before announcing a fascinating (at least to planetary geochemists) discovery that they've found a class of chemicals called perchlorates in the martian soil.

As planetary scientist Shane Byrne of the University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, and his colleagues reported last month at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, MRO's broad - scale Context Camera has been finding the dark smudges of impact debris that weren't there as recently as a month earlieAs planetary scientist Shane Byrne of the University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, and his colleagues reported last month at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, MRO's broad - scale Context Camera has been finding the dark smudges of impact debris that weren't there as recently as a monthplanetary scientist Shane Byrne of the University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, and his colleagues reported last month at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, MRO's broad - scale Context Camera has been finding the dark smudges of impact debris that weren't there as recently as a monthPlanetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, MRO's broad - scale Context Camera has been finding the dark smudges of impact debris that weren't there as recently as a month earlieas recently as a month earlieas a month earlier.

«Because the workload on the scientific community and NASA Program officers has increased substantially in the last decade with regard to proposal preparation, review, and implementation, the Planetary Science Division should consider consolidating programs to eliminate overlap as a part of the portfolio management strategy.»

But at the same time, they had a long - term beneficial effect in stabilizing surface temperatures and delivering key elements for life as we know it,» said Dr. Simone Marchi, a senior research scientist at SwRI's Planetary Science Directorate in Boulder, Colo..

Green says these themes were identified as fundamental areas of inquiry in the National Academies» 2010 decadal review of planetary sciences.

Now, as planetary scientists report online today in Science, the second spacecraft to Mercury has found that this magnetic field formed billions of years ago.

With entry categories for science / healthcare workers and the under 25s as well as professional and amateur photographers, the competition is an opportunity to stimulate an interest in any area of science, from planetary movements to cellular signalling or more general topics such as physics or the environment, as well as demonstrating artistic flair.

In addition to Garrick - Bethell, the coauthors of the paper include Viranga Perera, who worked on the study as a UCSC graduate student and is now at Arizona State University; Francis Nimmo, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC; and Maria Zuber, a planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The research team - composed of post-doctoral student Ludovic Huguet; Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences professors James Van Orman and Steven Hauck II; and Materials Science and Engineering Professor Matthew Willard - refer to this enigma as the «inner - core nucleation paradox.»