Our new paper is out in JGR: Planets!
We explore how a weak subsurface layer may have controlled large-scale crustal deformation on early Mars, offering new insights into its tectonic and potentially hydrological history.

Our new paper is out in JGR: Planets!
We explore how a weak subsurface layer may have controlled large-scale crustal deformation on early Mars, offering new insights into its tectonic and potentially hydrological history.
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A great summary of JAXA's MMX mission, launching on Tuesday 2026-10-20T04:41:03 JST #PlanetaryScience
Mars' Odd 1,100 Mile Long Cloud Forms in Mysterious Ways — a New Model May Reveal How #Science #Space #SpaceWeather #marscloud #amec #planetaryscience #martianmysteries
#Comet #220P McNaught imaged tonight after the cleaning rain experienced over #Catalonia the last week. Soon in #MNRAS our work on the 2 outbursts experienced since its perihelion, producing this fan of debris in a heterogenous clumpy tail & antitail🤩☄️
#MontsenyObservatory #S50 #PlanetaryScience
University of Leicester (@uniofleicester.bsky.social) is hiring:
Research Associate in Planetary Atmospheric Science
IAU WG Preservation & Digitization of Photographic Plates
Free, Virtual Workshop on Spectral Plates
October 20-23, 2026
archiving, digitizing, & utilizing photographic spectra
nadc.china-vo.org/events/PDPP2...
#astronomy #histsci #planetaryscience ☀️ #spectroscopy #labastro 🧪 🏛️ #photography
☄️ Look up! The Draconid meteor shower is here.
Peak viewing is the evening of Oct. 8 into Oct. 9. Find a dark spot, face north, and watch the sky.
Just remember: meteor showers make no promises.
Learn More: buff.ly/ojRYqSk
In the end, it's all about the data, right?
So dig in with the Lunar Science Data User Guide for Artemis.
Or maybe the science operations are more you thing? NASA has you covered there too, with a Lunar Science Operations Report
Plus, there's a Preliminary Lunar Science Report, if you want to dig deeper into the Artemis II results.
This site has lots of cool Artemis II stuff, beyond what you may have seen on Flicker.
Today marks the 2-years anniversary of the launch of @esa.int Hera mission ! Only a few weeks of cruise left before Hera reaches its target: asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos :D #PlanetaryScience
Some scientists have prioritized science objectives and requirements for exploring the South Pole of the Moon, and you can read their work!
Reports like the one from SPARX are important for guiding science and exploration.
old frame redraws of a primordial Earth from Voyage of Time, which is a film i will have to write more about. i am of the honest conviction that everyone should see it at least once in their lives (even at the risk of making the scientifically-minded a bit grumpy)
Schedule for the rest of the week
Tue Oct 6 0500 UTC
Tue Oct 6 0800 UTC
Wed Oct 7 07:00 UTC
Wed Oct 7 11:00 UTC
Thu Oct 8 06:00 UTC
Thu Oct 8 09:00 UTC
#ADSabs @scixcommunity.bsky.social #astronomy #heliophysics #NASAscience #planetaryscience
There's a new public webinar about lunar science and exploration. The first talk is about the science that drives our lunar exploration from Apollo to Artemis.
See the QR code in the attachment or the URL in the alt text.
Nice to see all of this advancement in lunar science. #planetaryscience
Evidence suggests small early bodies like Vesta had carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, yet their magmas should have outgassed them. In magma ocean-like mixtures, gas bubbles stick to metal droplets; under low gravity these compounds could sink and trap the elements inside.
#Astronomers
Are you #SciX ready?
ADS website will transition to SciX Astrophysics version on Nov 16
If not, please come to my virtual office hours this month
(next Oct 5 @ 0400 UTC)
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#ADSabs #NASAscience #planetaryscience 🧪☀️ #astronomy @scixcommunity.bsky.social
The article explores the science behind Olympus Mons and the perspective it offers about curiosity, patience, and the remarkable ways planets shape their own histories.
I'd love to hear your thoughts after reading it.#OlympusMons #MarsScience #PlanetaryScience
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