Tag: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
June 16, 2025
Thick Clay Layers on Mars May Have Been Stable Place for Ancient Life
The planet Mars is home to thick layers of clay that can span hundreds of feet. Since they need water to form, these outcrops have…
Read MoreJune 6, 2025
New RTX Director Shares Vision for Research Program
If the key to getting students engaged with the geosciences is making it relatable to their lives, then Christine Simurda believes she has a lot…
Read MoreMay 29, 2025
Long Shot Science Leads to Revised Age for Land-Animal Ancestor
In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander. Rather…
Read MoreMay 19, 2025
UT Austin Grad Students Find Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle
Billions of years ago, water flowed on the surface of Mars. But scientists have an incomplete picture of how the Red Planet’s water cycle worked….
Read MoreApril 23, 2025
Winners of Spring 2025 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Awards
Boyd Auditorium erupted in intermittent cheers on Tuesday afternoon as students, staff members, researchers, and faculty members celebrated the winners of the Department of Earth…
Read MoreApril 18, 2025
How Activity in Earth’s Mantle Led the Ancient Ancestors of Elephants, Giraffes, and Humans into Asia and Africa
What roils beneath the Earth’s surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns,…
Read MoreApril 8, 2025
Life Recovered Rapidly at Site of Dino-Killing Asteroid. A Hydrothermal System May Have Helped.
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the…
Read MoreApril 3, 2025
Assistant Professor Tim Goudge Named Co-Director of CIFAR Research Group
Tim Goudge, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, has been named a co-director of…
Read MoreApril 2, 2025
Zama Basin’s Superb Sand the Result of a Drive-By Microcontinent
The high-quality sands that make up the oil reservoirs in the Zama Basin in the Gulf of Mexico really shouldn’t be there. Large sandstone deposits…
Read MoreMarch 25, 2025
UT Austin Hosting Inaugural Critical Minerals Workshop
Registration has opened for the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences’ inaugural North American Workshop on Critical Mineral Research, Development, and Education….
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