Odyssey has done
important planetary science and has served as a «call home» link for rovers on the Red Planet's surface.
Not exact matches
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.
«We're addressing long - standing and very
important questions both in fundamental physics and solar
science by using a
planetary -
science approach,» said Goddard geophysicist Erwan Mazarico.
«Volcanoes may be
important in creating the conditions for Mars to be wet,» said Michael Manga, a UC Berkeley professor of earth and
planetary science and senior author of a paper appearing in Nature this week and posted online March 19.
Whereas knowledge of space weather conditions at different
planetary systems is a requisite for future mission planning, the scientific data to be obtained by these missions are going to provide in turn an
important feedback for interdisciplinary
science in the field of
planetary space weather.
Microbiome research is even
important for space exploration and
planetary science.
Each decade, the community reviews the current state of the disciplines of astronomy and astrophysics,
planetary science, and heliophysics and produces a prioritized list of projects, programs and initiatives
important for scientific progress in the coming decade.
The
Planetary Boundaries is, then, nothing more than a natural
sciences contribution to an
important societal discussion and which presents evidence which can support the definition of
Planetary Boundaries to safeguard a stable and resilient Earth system.
Scientists through bad teaching practices have lost one hugely
important ability... The ability to focus on the why and how each process in
planetary science actually works.