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Deciphering the mysteries of planetary formation
Hunting meteorites in Antarctica (with Scott VanBommel)
Shooting for the Moon
NASA’s Perseverance Rover uncovers rock with features that may indicate Mars hosted life
The discovery of native sulfur on Mars
From Apollo to Artemis: unlocking the Moon's secrets
Paper selected for the MAS Macres Award
Geospatial Research Initiative Announces Seed Grant Funding
Asteroid Bennu samples have arrived on campus for analysis
Geospatial Research Initiative Launches
2023 McDonnell lectures to offer a crash course in the creation of the Earth and Moon
Science research roundup: November and December 2022
At the confluence of climate change and environmental justice
Science research roundup: September 2022
Studying how climate change shapes floods and river landscapes
Cosmochemist Wang to study samples from asteroid Bennu
Exploring Mars, 50 years and counting
Boundless
Earth’s Lower Mantle Is Drier Than Previously Thought
Torrential rainfall will change our rivers. A Washington U scientist is studying how.
NASA waited 50 years to unseal these precious moon rocks
NASA studies ‘new’ 50-year-old lunar sample to prep for return to Moon
WashU scientists help recover gases from Moon rock time capsule
Seismic study reveals key reason why Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt
Quirks and Quarks: Is the moon driving the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates?
SYFY: The Sun and Moon could be unleashing earthquakes and volcanoes
Conference roundup: AGU 2021
Tug of sun, moon could be driving plate motions on ‘imbalanced’ Earth
Volatile bodies: Isotopic fingerprints reveal how planets gain and lose elements
A river runs through it
Space.com: Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces
Tread lightly: ‘Eggshell planets’ possible around other stars
Space.com: Moon rocks brought to Earth by Chinese mission fill key gaps in solar system history
Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks
St. Louis Public Radio: Wash U scientists to continue Mars research with $11.8 million NASA contract renewal
NPR: Mars had liquid water on its surface. Here's why scientists think it vanished.
Forbes: Martian blues: Did planet's size affect its ability to hold onto water?
Time: Mars was always destined to die
Muddied waters: Sinking organics alter seafloor records
Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth
Analysis of pristine samples of the Moon
Highlands hunt for climate answers
When using pyrite to understand Earth’s ocean and atmosphere: Think local, not global
Conference roundup: AGU 2020
Exploring the most explosive volcano in the world
Science finds a way: Research adaptations during the pandemic
Powerful electrical events quickly alter surface chemistry on Mars and other planetary bodies
Clocking volcanic activity
Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle
WashU planetary scientists chosen to work on pristine Apollo samples
New Horizons may have solved planet formation cold case
Arrokoth close-up reveals how planetary building blocks were constructed
Conference roundup: AGU 2019
Why is the red planet red?
Mars rover retrospective
Proposed Interstellar Mission Reaches for the Stars, One Generation at a Time
Investigating water ice, space weathering on the Moon
Tektites don’t come from the Moon, but they might help scientists understand how it formed
New finds for Mars rover, seven years after landing
Old rocks, new science: Why Apollo 11 samples are still as relevant as ever
WashU Expert: On Apollo legacy, and why we should return to the moon
Untouched Apollo samples to be analyzed for the first time by WashU researchers
We need a bigger bucket: Experimental geochemists push limits of water estimates in magma
Field Notes: Patagonia 2019
Virtual reality comes to the classroom
Ultima Thule: A closer look at the most distant object ever explored
How Ultima Thule Is Like a Sticky, Pull-Apart Pastry
New Horizons: Ultima Thule 'a time machine' to early Solar System
NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission
Good-Bye to Mars Rover Opportunity
WashU Expert: Mission complete
Understanding tropical rainfall, both past and present
Thirsty mantle: Subduction zones swallow more water than thought
The moon got rocked by a meteorite during this weekend's lunar eclipse
Opportunity, Curiosity and Mars 2020 Rover Updates
Fossett Laboratory for Virtual Planetary Exploration launches new augmented reality app
Professor Jeff Catalano New Chief Executive Editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Next Stop Mars - Debate About the New NASA Mars Rover
Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior
Professor Arvidson: Mars Opportunity Rover in the Dust Storm
Professor Jeff Catalano: Heavy Metals in the Wetlands
Professor Bob Criss On Our Rivers
Mantle xenon has a story to tell
Professor Ray Arvidson: Organic Compounds on Mars
In the News: Arvidson about Mars Rover Mission
In the News: Criss about the Mississippi River
Arvidson to receive Weidenbaum Center Award for Excellence
Small Distant World with Ring
Special Delivery for Noble Gas Research
Climate Panel Member
In the Field: Geology of the Azores
The Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Logs 5000th Day, Snaps Selfie, and Roves On
See our Virtual Geology Lab
Seismic Sleuthing
Release of water shakes Pacific Plate at depth
MoonRise mission to the Moon
Sending Humans to Mars
Life on Pluto?
What’s up with Madagascar?
Professor McKinnon on YouTube with Pluto
Reaching the Final Frontier: NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto…and Beyond!
A terrible rift
Moon condensed from Earth's mantle
Martin's Antarctic field season blog (2016-2017)
Steaming a planet
Mapping sinkholes
Mongibello Mons
Rites & Wrongs
How to Create a Neuroscience Pipeline
Don't Panic Geocast - Learn about the Moon
Record Missouri flooding was manmade calamity
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