While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...

In order to prepare Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen for future international missions to the Moon or Mars, he joins Western University planetary geologist Gordon “Oz” Osinski and ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes. The severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the ...

Recent explorations have fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the geological evolution of both Ceres and Vesta. Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt, exhibits a diverse ...

"... a compilation of abstracts of reports from principal investigators of NASA's Office of Space Science, Solar System Exploration Division, Planetary Geology ...

New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century, according to a group of 28 internationally renowned ...

Since the 1970s, planetary geologists have known that volcanic features cover large swaths of Mars. Early Mariner 9 images revealed massive shield volcanoes and lava plains on a scale unlike anything ...

Washington DC — New theoretical work shows that gas-giant planet formation can occur around binary stars in much the same way that it occurs around single stars like the Sun. The work is presented ...

Scientists compare volcanic cones on Earth and Mars to explain how gas-rich magma forms scoria cones. Spacecraft observations ...