| Friday, December 06, 2024
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New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
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Recent News from MacCenter Fellows
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Perseverance Rover hunts rare earth elements on Mars
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Nearly four years after landing on Mars, the Perseverance rover continues to collect and study rocks and rocky soils on the surface of the Red Planet. But the NASA rover isn’t just taking in the views. A new study from WashU researchers assessed the ability of the rover’s hypersensitive scanners to detect and quantify rare earth elements.
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Bruce Fegley Retirement Lecture
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On Thursday, December 5, Bruce Fegley, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, delivered his retirement lecture reflecting on his distinguished carerr spanning over 50 years in planetary chemistry. Holmes Lounge was filled with colleagues, students and former students, all gathered to honor his contributions to our understanding of planetary atmospheres and surface processes. His retirement at the end of this month will leave a lasting legacy in the field.
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Madison Myers, Associate Professsor at Montana State University and Hannah Shamloo, Assistant Professor at Central Washington University, are visiting professors working with MCSS fellow Mike Krawczynski, conducting experiments in his lab to learn new techniques for doing gas mixing experiments in their own labs to simulate planetary melting conditions. They presented a joint colloquium in EEPS this week. Shamloo's talk was titled "Timing is everything: Pre-eruptive magmatic processes and timescales for Mount Baker volcanism, Cascades USA. Myers's talk was titled, "Improving our ability to extract decompression pathways using melt embayments."
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Recent Publications by MCSS Fellows
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MCSS Postdoctoral Fellowship Opening
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MCSS is hiring a postdoctoral fellow in the broad field of space sciences. We welcome applicants with interests in Astromaterials, Cosmochemistry, or Meteoritics; Experimental, Theoretical, or Observational Astrophysics; Planetary Science; Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation; and Earth as a Planet. In their application materials, the candidate should describe their research interests and list potential collaborators from among the faculty fellows of the MCSS.
Please share this opportunity with your research contacts and encourage qualified candidates to apply by December 20, 2024.
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LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science
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The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is accepting applications for the 2025 LPI Summer Intern Program! This 10-week, highly competitive program offers undergraduates a unique opportunity to work with scientists at LPI and NASA’s Johnson Space Center on cutting-edge research in planetary science.
Application Deadline: December 12, 2024
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FINESST: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology
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FINESST solicits proposals from accredited U.S. universities and other eligible organizations for graduate student-designed and performed research projects that contribute to SMD's science, technology, and exploration goals.
Application Deadline: February 5, 2025
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PASSPoRT to WashU (Pathways to Advanced Scientific Skills through Postdoctoral Research Training) is a virtual full-day event for prospective postdocs hosted by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. This event is open to advanced PhD students (post-qualifying exams), recent PhD graduates, and early-stage postdocs. Participants will learn what it means to be a postdoc at WashU and how to get the most out of a postdoctoral experience.
This virtual event will be held on December 10, 2024.
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Fast Radio Bursts: Illuminating their Origins in the Era of Wide-Field Radio Telescopes
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Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar
Aaron Pearlman, McGill University
Friday, December 6
11:00am, Compton 241
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| Observable CMB Tensor Modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions
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Physics Theory Seminar
Aurora Ireland, Stanford University
Thursday, December 12
3:00pm, Compton 241
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| St. Louis Astronomical Society December Meeting
Robert Reeves, Lunar Photo of the Day
Friday, December 20
7:30pm, TBD
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Compiled and edited by Alison Verbeck. Please send any contributions to alison@wustl.edu.
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