Sentences with phrase «of 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.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

«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.

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.»

«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.

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.»