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Field Notes: South Pacific

Field Notes: South Pacific

Deciphering the mysteries of planetary formation

Deciphering the mysteries of planetary formation

Hunting meteorites in Antarctica (with Scott VanBommel)

Hunting meteorites in Antarctica (with Scott VanBommel)

Shooting for the Moon

Shooting for the Moon

NASA’s Perseverance Rover uncovers rock with features that may indicate Mars hosted life

NASA’s Perseverance Rover uncovers rock with features that may indicate Mars hosted life

The discovery of native sulfur on Mars

The discovery of native sulfur on Mars

From Apollo to Artemis: unlocking the Moon's secrets

From Apollo to Artemis: unlocking the Moon's secrets

Paper selected for the MAS Macres Award

Paper selected for the MAS Macres Award

Geospatial Research Initiative Announces Seed Grant Funding

Geospatial Research Initiative Announces Seed Grant Funding

Asteroid Bennu samples have arrived on campus for analysis

Asteroid Bennu samples have arrived on campus for analysis

Geospatial Research Initiative Launches

Geospatial Research Initiative Launches

2023 McDonnell lectures to offer a crash course in the creation of the Earth and Moon

2023 McDonnell lectures to offer a crash course in the creation of the Earth and Moon

Science research roundup: November and December 2022

Science research roundup: November and December 2022

At the confluence of climate change and environmental justice

At the confluence of climate change and environmental justice

Science research roundup: September 2022

Science research roundup: September 2022

Studying how climate change shapes floods and river landscapes

Studying how climate change shapes floods and river landscapes

Cosmochemist Wang to study samples from asteroid Bennu

Cosmochemist Wang to study samples from asteroid Bennu

Exploring Mars, 50 years and counting

Exploring Mars, 50 years and counting

Boundless

Boundless

Earth’s Lower Mantle Is Drier Than Previously Thought

Earth’s Lower Mantle Is Drier Than Previously Thought

Torrential rainfall will change our rivers. A Washington U scientist is studying how.

Torrential rainfall will change our rivers. A Washington U scientist is studying how.

NASA waited 50 years to unseal these precious moon rocks

NASA waited 50 years to unseal these precious moon rocks

NASA studies ‘new’ 50-year-old lunar sample to prep for return to Moon

NASA studies ‘new’ 50-year-old lunar sample to prep for return to Moon

WashU scientists help recover gases from Moon rock time capsule

WashU scientists help recover gases from Moon rock time capsule

Seismic study reveals key reason why Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt

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?

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

SYFY: The Sun and Moon could be unleashing earthquakes and volcanoes

Conference roundup: AGU 2021

Conference roundup: AGU 2021

Tug of sun, moon could be driving plate motions on ‘imbalanced’ Earth

Tug of sun, moon could be driving plate motions on ‘imbalanced’ Earth

Volatile bodies: Isotopic fingerprints reveal how planets gain and lose elements

Volatile bodies: Isotopic fingerprints reveal how planets gain and lose elements

A river runs through it

A river runs through it

Space.com: Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces

Space.com: Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces

Tread lightly: ‘Eggshell planets’ possible around other stars

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

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

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

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.

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?

Forbes: Martian blues: Did planet's size affect its ability to hold onto water?

Time: Mars was always destined to die

Time: Mars was always destined to die

Muddied waters: Sinking organics alter seafloor records

Muddied waters: Sinking organics alter seafloor records

Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth

Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth

Analysis of pristine samples of the Moon

Analysis of pristine samples of the Moon

Highlands hunt for climate answers

Highlands hunt for climate answers

When using pyrite to understand Earth’s ocean and atmosphere: Think local, not global

When using pyrite to understand Earth’s ocean and atmosphere: Think local, not global

Conference roundup: AGU 2020

Conference roundup: AGU 2020

Exploring the most explosive volcano in the world

Exploring the most explosive volcano in the world

Science finds a way: Research adaptations during the pandemic

Science finds a way: Research adaptations during the pandemic

Powerful electrical events quickly alter surface chemistry on Mars and other planetary bodies

Powerful electrical events quickly alter surface chemistry on Mars and other planetary bodies

Clocking volcanic activity

Clocking volcanic activity

Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle

Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle

WashU planetary scientists chosen to work on pristine Apollo samples

WashU planetary scientists chosen to work on pristine Apollo samples

New Horizons may have solved planet formation cold case

New Horizons may have solved planet formation cold case

Arrokoth close-up reveals how planetary building blocks were constructed

Arrokoth close-up reveals how planetary building blocks were constructed

Conference roundup: AGU 2019

Conference roundup: AGU 2019

Why is the red planet red?

Why is the red planet red?

Mars rover retrospective

Mars rover retrospective

Proposed Interstellar Mission Reaches for the Stars, One Generation at a Time

Proposed Interstellar Mission Reaches for the Stars, One Generation at a Time

Investigating water ice, space weathering on the Moon

Investigating water ice, space weathering on the Moon

Tektites don’t come from the Moon, but they might help scientists understand how it formed

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

New finds for Mars rover, seven years after landing

Old rocks, new science: Why Apollo 11 samples are still as relevant as ever

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

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

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

We need a bigger bucket: Experimental geochemists push limits of water estimates in magma

Field Notes: Patagonia 2019

Field Notes: Patagonia 2019

Virtual reality comes to the classroom

Virtual reality comes to the classroom

Ultima Thule: A closer look at the most distant object ever explored

Ultima Thule: A closer look at the most distant object ever explored

How Ultima Thule Is Like a Sticky, Pull-Apart Pastry

How Ultima Thule Is Like a Sticky, Pull-Apart Pastry

New Horizons: Ultima Thule 'a time machine' to early Solar System

New Horizons: Ultima Thule 'a time machine' to early Solar System

NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission

NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission

Good-Bye to Mars Rover Opportunity

Good-Bye to Mars Rover Opportunity

WashU Expert: Mission complete

WashU Expert: Mission complete

Understanding tropical rainfall, both past and present

Understanding tropical rainfall, both past and present

Thirsty mantle: Subduction zones swallow more water than thought

Thirsty mantle: Subduction zones swallow more water than thought

The moon got rocked by a meteorite during this weekend's lunar eclipse

The moon got rocked by a meteorite during this weekend's lunar eclipse

Opportunity, Curiosity and Mars 2020 Rover Updates

Opportunity, Curiosity and Mars 2020 Rover Updates

Fossett Laboratory for Virtual Planetary Exploration launches new augmented reality app

Fossett Laboratory for Virtual Planetary Exploration launches new augmented reality app

Professor Jeff Catalano New Chief Executive Editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Professor Jeff Catalano New Chief Executive Editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Next Stop Mars - Debate About the New NASA Mars Rover

Next Stop Mars - Debate About the New NASA Mars Rover

Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior

Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior

Professor Arvidson: Mars Opportunity Rover in the Dust Storm

Professor Arvidson: Mars Opportunity Rover in the Dust Storm

Professor Jeff Catalano: Heavy Metals in the Wetlands

Professor Jeff Catalano: Heavy Metals in the Wetlands

Professor Bob Criss On Our Rivers

Professor Bob Criss On Our Rivers

Mantle xenon has a story to tell

Mantle xenon has a story to tell

Professor Ray Arvidson: Organic Compounds on Mars

Professor Ray Arvidson: Organic Compounds on Mars

In the News: Arvidson about Mars Rover Mission

In the News: Arvidson about Mars Rover Mission

In the News: Criss about the Mississippi River

In the News: Criss about the Mississippi River

Arvidson to receive Weidenbaum Center Award for Excellence

Arvidson to receive Weidenbaum Center Award for Excellence

Small Distant World with Ring

Small Distant World with Ring

Special Delivery for Noble Gas Research

Special Delivery for Noble Gas Research

Climate Panel Member

Climate Panel Member

In the Field: Geology of the Azores

In the Field: Geology of the Azores

The Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Logs 5000th Day, Snaps Selfie, and Roves On

The Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Logs 5000th Day, Snaps Selfie, and Roves On

See our Virtual Geology Lab

See our Virtual Geology Lab

Seismic Sleuthing

Seismic Sleuthing

Release of water shakes Pacific Plate at depth

Release of water shakes Pacific Plate at depth

MoonRise mission to the Moon

MoonRise mission to the Moon

Sending Humans to Mars

Sending Humans to Mars

Life on Pluto?

Life on Pluto?

What’s up with Madagascar?

What’s up with Madagascar?

Professor McKinnon on YouTube with Pluto

Professor McKinnon on YouTube with Pluto

Reaching the Final Frontier: NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto…and Beyond!

Reaching the Final Frontier: NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto…and Beyond!

A terrible rift

A terrible rift

Moon condensed from Earth's mantle

Moon condensed from Earth's mantle

Martin's Antarctic field season blog (2016-2017)

Martin's Antarctic field season blog (2016-2017)

Steaming a planet

Steaming a planet

Mapping sinkholes

Mapping sinkholes

Mongibello Mons

Mongibello Mons

Rites & Wrongs

Rites & Wrongs

How to Create a Neuroscience Pipeline

How to Create a Neuroscience Pipeline

Don't Panic Geocast - Learn about the Moon

Don't Panic Geocast - Learn about the Moon

Record Missouri flooding was manmade calamity

Record Missouri flooding was manmade calamity

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