Fisher, recently retired after a lifetime
in cosmochemistry, delves into these gases and their uses as he chronicles his own career.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
«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.