Sentences with word «cosmochemistry»

The research was funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the Goddard Center for Astrobiology and the NASA Cosmochemistry Program.

According to Robert Clayton, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago in Illinois who pioneered the use of oxygen isotopes in cosmochemistry, the authors may have done little more than find a more precise method of measurement.

The research findings of Prof. Dr Hans - Peter Gail of the Centre for Astronomy and Prof. Dr Mario Trieloff of the Klaus Tschira Laboratory for Cosmochemistry at the Institute of Earth Sciences were recently published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

For instance, those who previously applied for grants in response to a call on the topic of cosmochemistry will now be able to apply under emerging worlds and solar system workings.

Funding for this work was provided by the Department of Energy, and portions of the work were supported by the NASA Cosmochemistry Program.

«The Earth - Trojan asteroid search provides a substantial advantage to the OSIRIS - REx mission,» Dante Lauretta, principal investigator on the project and professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, said in a press release.

Now, the division puts out calls for proposals at steady intervals throughout the year on about two dozen narrow topics such as cosmochemistry and planetary astronomy.

The NASA LASER and Cosmochemistry programs funded the research, with additional support provided by the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) and the NASA Astrobiology Institute.

Fisher, recently retired after a lifetime in cosmochemistry, delves into these gases and their uses as he chronicles his own career.

Dr Postberg conducts research at the Klaus Tschira Laboratory for Cosmochemistry.

Looking to resolve this problem, Lockwood and her advisor Geoffrey Blake — Caltech professor of cosmochemistry, planetary sciences and chemistry — were inspired by the recent detection of carbon monoxide in the extrasolar planet, tau Boo b and they wondered if they could detect water in a similar manner.

«This excess was not known before because nobody could measure it,» said senior author Edward Young, a UCLA professor of geochemistry and cosmochemistry.

The study was supported by NASA's LASER program (NNX08AY97G and NNX11AB27G), NASA's Cosmochemistry program (NNX12AH62G), the Deep Carbon Observatory, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Funding for the research came from NASA's Cosmochemistry and LASER programs and the NASA Lunar Science Institute.

The researchers think these events occurred relatively recently, perhaps in the past 100,000 years or so, said Edward Young, another co-author of the study and a UCLA professor of geochemistry and cosmochemistry.

This award honors outstanding contributions to the advancement of geochemistry, cosmochemistry and environmental sciences.

It is awarded to an early - career scientist for» a single outstanding contribution to geochemistry or cosmochemistry, published either as a single paper or a series of papers on a single topic.»

cosmochemistry The field of science that deals with the composition, structure and properties of substances of the universe.

Nominator Stanley R. Hart commented, «There is hardly any field of geochemistry and cosmochemistry that Rick has not strongly impacted and this impact has extended to the whole Earth and Planetary Sciences.»

Funding for the research was provided by NASA's Astrobiology and Cosmochemistry programs and the National Science Foundation.

Wieler, R., Cosmic - ray produced noble gases in meteorites, in Noble Gases in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, edited by D. Porcelli, C.J. Ballantine, and R. Wieler, pp. 125 - 170, 2002.