will focus on the newly emergent, but already mature, science
of planetary research and aim to bring together solar system and exoplanet researchers for a truly synergistic view of how planetary systems form and evolve.
«This discovery is useful,» says Ulrich Köhler at Germany's Institute
of Planetary Research (DLR).
Joern Helbert, DLR Institure
of Planetary Research, Berlin - Adlershof Email: Joern.Helbert @ dlr.de
German Aerospace Center, Institute
of Planetary Research, Asteroids and Comets, Rutherfordstraße 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
The framing cameras were provided by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany, with significant contributions by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute
of Planetary Research in Berlin, and in coordination with the Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering in Braunschweig.
Her approach is nonmathematical, and not at all condescending, and she conveys the true excitement
of planetary research.
The framing cameras were provided by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen, Germany, with significant contributions by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute
of Planetary Research, Berlin, and in coordination with the Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering, Braunschweig.
The Dawn framing cameras were developed and built under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen, Germany, with significant contributions by German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute
of Planetary Research, Berlin, and in coordination with the Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering, Braunschweig.
Not exact matches
The robot's main camera, called JunoCam, will beam back new images
of the Great Red Spot around July 14, Scott Bolton, a
planetary scientist at the Southwest
Research Institute and the Juno mission's leader, said in an email to Business Insider.
«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as
Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for
research, development, assembly and testing in the areas
of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.
Micheal Lerner, creator
of Commonweal, a health and environmental
research institute, can be heard here discussing the connections between personal and
planetary healing.
We will also apply for more observation time on the ALMA telescope to study the planet - forming discs in even higher resolution to get more detailed information about their chemical composition,» says Jes Jørgensen, associate professor in the
research group Astrophysics and
Planetary Science at the Niels Bohr Institute and Centre for Star and Planet Formation, University
of Copenhagen.
As big
planetary nebulae are the most common, we will use our new scale in making an unbiased census
of planetary nebulae in the Milky Way, which will then help answer some important
research questions.»
said
planetary scientist Jeff Cuzzi
of NASA's Ames
Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. «To me, this answers the question
of what makes the rings red: It's organics.»
All three discs are staggered and this breaks with everything we have seen so far,» says Christian Brinch, assistant professor in the
research group Astrophysics and
Planetary Science and the Niels Bohr International Academy at the Niels Bohr Institute, University
of Copenhagen.
Dr David Frew, Professor Quentin Parker and Dr Ivan Bojicic, based on a culmination
of ten years
of research work, developed a new method for measuring more accurate distances between «
planetary nebulae» and the Earth.
Based on a culmination
of ten years
of research work, the new method to estimate more accurate distances between
planetary nebulae and the Earth developed by HKU astronomers promises a new era in scientists» ability to study and understand the fascinating if brief period in the final stages
of the lives
of low - and mid-mass stars.
The first author
of this
research Dr David Frew, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics said: «measuring distances to Galactic «planetary nebulae» has been an intractable problem for many decades, because of the extremely diverse nature of both the nebulae themselves and their centra
research Dr David Frew,
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics said: «measuring distances to Galactic «planetary nebulae» has been an intractable problem for many decades, because of the extremely diverse nature of both the nebulae themselves and their centra
Research Assistant Professor, Department
of Physics said: «measuring distances to Galactic «
planetary nebulae» has been an intractable problem for many decades, because
of the extremely diverse nature
of both the nebulae themselves and their central stars.
The new study helps scientists expand their knowledge
of what might be possible on
planetary bodies in our solar system, said Kelsi Singer, a postdoctoral researcher who studies icy worlds at Southwest
Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and was not involved with the new r
Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and was not involved with the new
researchresearch.
Planetary scientist Bill Farrell
of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and colleagues will argue in Geophysical
Research Letters that we shouldn't give up the search just yet, however.
New
research suggests that over millions
of years
of planetary history, birds and mammals have outperformed amphibians and reptiles at adapting to changing temperatures and shifting their habitats to more suitable locations.
«It's like a little bit
of everything,» says Carly Howett, a
planetary scientist and New Horizons team member at the Southwest
Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
New
research presented at the European
Planetary Science Congress at UCL aims to answer the final question,
of whether entry and impact is survivable for simple organisms.
«The cooler Venus is perfectly plausible, but without more detailed modeling it's hard to say how much longer the wet period would have lasted,» comments
planetary scientist Jeffrey Moore
of NASA's Ames
Research Center in Mountain View, California.
«The
planetary programme is one of the shining examples of NASA at its best,» says Alan Stern, vice-president of research and development in the space science and engineering division at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who coordinated the nationwide Planetary Exploration Car Wash and B
planetary programme is one
of the shining examples
of NASA at its best,» says Alan Stern, vice-president
of research and development in the space science and engineering division at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who coordinated the nationwide Planetary Exploration Car Wash and Ba
research and development in the space science and engineering division at the Southwest
Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who coordinated the nationwide Planetary Exploration Car Wash and Ba
Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who coordinated the nationwide
Planetary Exploration Car Wash and B
Planetary Exploration Car Wash and Bake Sale.
A postdoc at the Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory
of the University
of Arizona and an associate
research scientist with the
Planetary Science Institute, Richmond is frustrated by her struggle for stability.
«Finding a new dwarf planet beyond Neptune sheds light on the early phases
of planet formation,» said Brett Gladman, the Canada
Research Chair in
planetary astronomy at UBC.
«It's important work,» says Christopher McKay, a
planetary scientist at NASA Ames
Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. «This is a move toward more realism in terms
of what the conditions were on early Earth.»
Led by Chris McKay, a
planetary scientist at NASA's Ames
Research Center in California, the Enceladus Life Signatures and Habitability (ELSAH) mission would fly through a plume to seek out signs
of biology lurking within the tiny moon.
Charley Lineweaver
researches planetary science, astrobiology and cosmology at the Australian National University, Canberra, and is the convener of its Planetary Science
planetary science, astrobiology and cosmology at the Australian National University, Canberra, and is the convener
of its
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Institute
In Richard Kerr's News Focus article, «Pluto, the Last
Planetary First,» Alan Stern
of the Southwest
Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and principal investigator
of the New Horizons mission, called the arrival
of the New Horizons probe at Pluto — expected in July 2015 — «an epochal milestone in the exploration
of the solar system.»
«We're going to see beneath the cloud tops for the very first time,» says Scott Bolton, a
planetary scientist at the Southwest
Research Institute in San Antonio and head
of the Juno mission.
Most
of the attention in exoplanet
research has so far focused on the inner parts
of planetary systems, roughly within a distance equivalent to the orbit
of Jupiter, for the simple reason that that's all existing detection methods can see.
Simone Marchi, a
planetary scientist at the Southwest
Research Institute in Colorado, did find traces
of large impact basins comparable to Tombaugh Regio in Dawn's data.
Dr Nathan Mayne, Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University
of Exeter and one
of the authors
of the study said: «This
research is not only important in developing our understanding
of this exotic class
of planets, but also represents the first steps to building a deeper understanding
of how
planetary atmospheres and climates work across a range
of conditions, including those more conducive to life.
«We didn't see microbes,» says Hunter Waite, a
planetary scientist at the Southwest
Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and the lead author
of a study published this week in Science.
The annual Texas gathering
of planetary scientists featured new
research from across the solar system, as well as a good deal
of anger directed at politicians looking to cut back on
planetary exploration
«We went in with a preconceived notion
of how Jupiter worked, and I would say we have to eat some humble pie,» says Juno mission leader Scott Bolton, a
planetary scientist at the Southwest
Research Institute in San Antonio.
If NASA is serious about human exploration
of Mars, then science measurements from a NeMO are essential, says Alfred McEwen, director
of the
Planetary Image
Research Lab at the University
of Arizona in Tucson and principal investigator
of MRO's HiRISE.
That's not the case with the new cluster, reported in the 13 June issue
of Nature by
planetary scientist David Nesvorný
of the Southwest
Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and his colleagues.
McKay, a
planetary scientist at NASA's Ames
Research Center, ventures to some
of Earth's most extreme environments to study the closest facsimiles he can find to Mars and other distant outposts, on a mission to learn how life might exist beyond our planet.
Other co-authors
of the
research are Kaiqing Yuan and Zheng Xing, graduate students in UCLA's Department
of Earth,
Planetary and Space Sciences.
The
research, led by Daniel Giammar, the Walter E. Browne Professor
of Environmental Engineering in the School
of Engineering & Applied Science, was conducted in collaboration with researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Philip Skemer, associate professor
of earth and
planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.
An international
research team, led by Dr. Yuji Harada from
Planetary Science institute, China University
of Geosciences, has found that there is an extremely soft layer deep inside the Moon and that heat is effectively generated in the layer by the gravity
of Earth.
Solomon's co-authors include Diane Ivy,
research scientist in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, along with researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and the University of Leeds in
research scientist in the Department
of Earth, Atmospheric and
Planetary Sciences, along with researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research in Boulder, Colorado, and the University of Leeds in
Research in Boulder, Colorado, and the University
of Leeds in the U.K.
To forestall future threats and to handle emerging medical problems, an international
research commission yesterday called for the creation
of a new field
of medicine:
planetary health.
The
research team looked at some
of these as examples, and studied the evolving nature
of planetary habitability over astronomical and geological time.
Research Topic 1 Origin and Evolution
of Planetary Systems
Research Topic 2 Origins
of Organic Compounds in Space
Research Topic 3 Rock - Water - Carbon Interactions, Organic Synthesis on Earth, and Steps to Life
Research Topic 4 Life and Habitability
Research Topic 5 Biosignatures as Facilitating Life Detection
The
research appears in a paper in the July issue
of Earth and
Planetary Science Letters and another due out next month in the Journal
of Petrology.
To figure out how organisms might have endured periods
of so - called «catastrophic darkness», Charles Cockell
of the Open University's Centre for Earth,
Planetary, Space and Astronomical
Research in Milton Keynes, UK, and his team placed samples
of both freshwater and marine microorganisms in darkness...