Tag: Planetary Sciences & Geobiology
March 29, 2022
UTCT Gets First Look at Lunar Sample
The Jackson School of Geosciences recently hosted a VIP visitor: a pristine sample of lunar soil collected by astronauts during Apollo 17, the last mission to the moon.
Read MoreMarch 24, 2022
On Jupiter’s Moon Europa, ‘Chaos Terrains’ Could be Shuttling Oxygen to Ocean
Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could potentially…
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2022
Hope for Present-Day Martian Groundwater Dries Up
Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led…
Read MoreSeptember 15, 2021
Goudge Named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
Jackson School planetary sciences assistant professor joins cohort of diverse scholars.
Read MoreMay 26, 2021
Goudge Named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
Jackson School of Geosciences Assistant Professor Tim Goudge has been chosen as a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, an international program that supports outstanding early-career researchers…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
No Frills for ‘Jurassic Park’ Dino
From movies to museum exhibits, the dinosaur Dilophosaurus is no stranger to pop culture. Many probably remember it best from the movie “Jurassic Park,” where…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
Monster Egg
In 2011, Chilean scientists discovered a mysterious fossil in Antarctica that looked like a deflated football. For nearly a decade, the specimen sat in the…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
The Search for Life
Scientists from across The University of Texas at Austin are joining forces in the hunt for life on other planets. Astronomers, geoscientists, chemists, biologists and…
Read MoreNovember 11, 2020
The Oldest Bug
A 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is the world’s oldest “bug” — older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2020
Researchers Model Source of Eruption on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
A new model shows how brine on Jupiter’s moon Europa can migrate within the icy shell to form pockets of salty water that erupt to…
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