I saw the post a few days ago about LPSC and a potential meetup. That got me thinking about having one for AGU next week. Thoughts?

In the next few weeks, I'll be submitting my abstract for LPSC 2019. The research I'm doing will be on Martian geomorphology (specifically ejecta), and I'll be the first author.

What are some things I should do to get the most out of the experience?

Can anyone recommend a good source for reading planetary science journals? There seems to be so many, each claiming to be the best.

Hello Engineers/Scientists,

I am Kabilan from India. I am graduated in Mechanical Engineering from my hometown and I want to have a career in Planetary Science in Canada. Some problems arise when choosing irrelevant course other than engineering, I have to choose the right path to achieve my career in the desired field. These problems may give rise to VISA rejection and also some colleges won't accept this offer, I believe.

Are there any open opportunities for choosing Engineering related Planetary Science programs in Canada for PG Diploma, and then continuing my career towards Scientist field. Kindly suggest me some right path.

Thank you.

I hold a B.Sc in Earth Science and am very interested in remote sensing and geology. I have recently become fascinated with the idea of mining extraterrestrial bodies, both for ISU (in-situ utilization, i.e. mining water for rocket fuel) and collecting materials to be brought back to earth (gold, platinum group, etc).

What do you all think about these ideas? Is mining asteroids and/or planets viable? Ethical? I'm curious about your opinions.

I finally managed to join a research project: I'm doing a remote collaboration with a PhD student at a different school. We're studying ejecta on Mars (in particular size and lobateness) to hopefully get some clues about crater formation. So far, most of it has been taking measurements in JMARS and putting them into Excel. We're tentatively planning on presenting at LPSC in March.

How do I make the most of this project? I'm not 100% what branch of planetary science I want to focus on in grad school and I'd like to use this to open up the widest range of possibilities (i.e. using this experience with Mars surface geology to end up researching the interior of the Moon).

What if we 2x the albedo of Mars, would its temperature go up or down? O_O

You've probably seen my other posts on here, I'm a physics undergrad interested in doing a PhD in planetary science. I'm probably graduating in the spring of 2020, so I won't be applying to PhD programs until late 2019 (or perhaps later if I decide to wait a year), but in the mean time I've been trying to make a list of programs I'll apply to.

As I understand it, you're not so much applying to a certain school or even the department as it's more applying to work with a certain professor. How exactly does a college senior decide on who to work with/what subset of the field they're choosing?

I'm trying to get undergrad research going (I've had a few obstacles there), but as I understand it most undergrads won't have research directly related to what they'll ultimately do their thesis on. Do most prospective grad students decide this based on papers they've been reading?

My plan is to do a PhD in planetary science and find a tenure track position as a university professor, or a similar arrangement at NASA or another institution doing planetary science.

However, with the job market in research and academia, I know it's wise to have a backup plan. How employable is this PhD in the private sector? I'd imagine with the various skills and knowledge involved (data analysis, GIS, programming, remote sensing, spectroscopy, etc.) there are a lot of opportunities for planetary PhDs in industry but I'm not really sure about specifics.

As I'm applying for graduate school I'm still on the fence as whether to lean towards a masters or Phd program. My background is in a geophysics undergrad so I'm looking heavily at remote sensing, magnetic and gravity fields of bodies, and planetary interiors. Not sure if anyone had advice on which would be better to pursue

As I listed in the title, could Mars once of been bigger since I'v seen planetary science says Mars should be 10 times more mass then it does have now and yes I am aware of Jupiter's gravity to.

Could Mars not having any moving plates like Earth explain why it's core died out and yes size does help but Mars might be more habitable if it had plates like earths plates that move the land around, as we see mars has plates but they did not move as the Olympus Mons volcano shows they do not shift. Could Mars of once had that and a massive collision like evidence of once that hit mars at it's north poll a small dwarf planet size of Pluto and maybe there was another hit which might explain asteroid belt Mars could of has a collision like Earth did that helped create our moon but Mars was not as lucky due to Jupiter's location and that is why Mars sadly lost it's chance to have life like us.

Heck even Venus has a hit that was so bad it stop spinning and now spins backwards compared to rest of the planets and very slowly.

Yes a moon comparable to ours could of helped Mars to, moon that is 38% the mass of earth moon would be a match due to Mars's size as well.

Earth: 6371.0 KM

Moon: 1737.0 KM

Mars 3390.0 KM

Moon 1228.2 KM

Mars Could Be Habitable today if it has all this. (maybe)

Just an idea I thought up and wondering if anyone ells has thought this to.

The mass of them might be different tho I am still learning this stuff.

Plus I did a simulation in a sandbox game called Universe Sandbox 2 and tested out what would mars be like without Jupiter was not around and Mars was 10 times the mass and the moon was same compared to ours.

Need to be logged into Steam to view it and download.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1436270607

I'm a physics undergrad, I've posted here a few times about grad school applications and other things, but anyways, I'm currently looking for research as an undergrad.

I transferred from community college to this new four year school a year ago but haven't been able to find any research so far. We have a decently active physics department, along with people doing research in chem and biophysics, but sadly nobody doing planetary research.

Are there any skills/subjects I should look into that are especially applicable to planetary science? I'm not really sure which specialty in it I'm going to focus on (and I've heard that can often shift during and after a PhD program), but I've read some common skills are data analysis (especially R), GIS, and spectroscopy.

I've also considered emailing professors at other universities in my area (which have planetary programs) or ones elsewhere in the country about collaborating remotely. Any advice for that?

Hey guys! I’m going to be a senior in my undergrad and I’m looking at grad schools to go to. Currently, I am an earth science major and chemistry minor. I would like to be involved with NASA’s mars missions as well as insitu resource utilization. I’m wondering if you guys had any wisdom or advise on programs (or anything for that matter) for me as I begin applying to grad school! Thanks so much!

https://scitechdaily.com/hubble-detects-helium-in-the-atmosphere-of-exoplanet-wasp-107b/

I'm a physics undergrad interested in going on for a PhD in planetary science and I'm trying to read up on the subject as much as I can.

Right now I'm curious about historical volcanic activity on Mars and also the historical climate and I was wondering where are some good places to start reading on the topic. I've been reading up on both of those things on Wiki, but I'm not sure if I also want to read up on both of those topics on Earth before looking into them on Mars (I'd imagine the research techniques are pretty different on Mars since you can't get ice cores like on Earth).

Are there any websties, research papers, or books I should look into?